
Film
Omar Khayyam
1957· 1h 41m· Adventure· Romance
“Riding high with spectacular action and excitement !”
Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though his quatrains were written in the 11th century, they are still popular the world over. The details of his life are unknown, so this movie invents a biography for him and includes in it his real achievements - the invention of a new calendar and the penning of those epigrammatic poems. This film has him romancing a sultan's bride and foiling the assassin sect's plot to kill the sultan's son.
1957-08-23
Cast & Characters
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Key Crew
DirectorWilliam Dieterle
WriterBarré Lyndon
ProducerFrank Freeman Jr.
Director of PhotographyErnest Laszlo
Original Music ComposerVictor Young
EditorEverett Douglas
Full cast & crew (22 cast · 12 crew)
Details
Released1957-08-23
Runtime1h 41m
StatusReleased
StudiosParamount Pictures
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating5.8/10 · 8 votes
Original languageen
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