(Omar Khayyam)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Adventure,

Romance

Runtime:

101 minutes

Year:

1957

Directors:

William Dieterle

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Production companies:

Paramount Pictures

Actors:

Omar Khayyam

Hasani Sabah

Sharain

Prince Malik

The Shah

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Director

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