Omar Khayyam (1957)

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.

Directing:
  • William Dieterle

Writing:
  • Barré Lyndon

Stars:
Release Date: 1957-08-23
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  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 101

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