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.
Stars: Cornel Wilde, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, John Derek, Raymond Massey, Yma Sumac
Crew: William Dieterle (Director), Barré Lyndon (Writer), Frank Freeman Jr. (Producer), Victor Young (Original Music Composer), Sam Comer (Set Decoration), Grace Gregory (Set Decoration)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Paramount
Runtime: 101 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 23, 1957
IMDb: 6
