Omar Khayyam by William Dieterle
5.00
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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Cast
Cornel Wilde as Omar Khayyam
Michael Rennie as Hasani Sabah
Debra Paget as Sharain
John Derek as Prince Malik
Raymond Massey as The Shah
Yma Sumac as Karina
Margaret Hayes as Queen Zarada
Joan Taylor as Yaffa
Perry Lopez as Prince Ahmud
Sebastian Cabot as Nizam
Morris Ankrum as Sharain's Father
Abraham Sofaer as Tutush
Edward Platt as Jayhan
James Griffith as Buzorg
John Abbott as Yusuf
Dick Elliott as Tavern Keeper
Douglas Spencer as Pigeon Keeper
Peter Adams as Master Herald
Henry Brandon as Commander
Kem Dibbs as Tutush's Guard
Paul Picerni as Commander
Robert Tafur as Nobleman (uncredited)
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