Omar Khayyam

5.0

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.

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Cornel Wilde

Omar Khayyam

Michael Rennie

Hasani Sabah

Debra Paget

Sharain

John Derek

Prince Malik

Raymond Massey

The Shah

Yma Sumac

Karina

Margaret Hayes

Queen Zarada

Perry Lopez

Prince Ahmud

Morris Ankrum

Sharain's Father

Dick Elliott

Tavern Keeper

Douglas Spencer

Pigeon Keeper

Peter Adams

Master Herald

Henry Brandon

Commander

Kem Dibbs

Tutush's Guard

Paul Picerni

Commander

Robert Tafur

Nobleman (uncredited)

Art

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Hal Pereira

Art Direction

Grace Gregory

Set Decoration

J. McMillan Johnson

Art Direction

Camera

Ernest Laszlo

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Ralph Jester

Costume Design

Directing

Editing

Production

Bert McKay

Casting

Sound

Victor Young

Original Music Composer

Writing

Art

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Hal Pereira

Art Direction

Grace Gregory

Set Decoration

J. McMillan Johnson

Art Direction

Camera

Ernest Laszlo

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Ralph Jester

Costume Design

Directing

Editing

Production

Bert McKay

Casting

Sound

Victor Young

Original Music Composer

Writing