Omar Khayyam

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.

• William DieterleDirector
• Barré LyndonWriter
• Victor YoungOriginal Music Composer

• Cornel WildeOmar Khayyam
• Michael RennieHasani Sabah
• Debra PagetSharain
• John DerekPrince Malik
• Raymond MasseyThe Shah
• Yma SumacKarina
• Margaret HayesQueen Zarada
• Joan TaylorYaffa
• Perry LopezPrince Ahmud
• Sebastian CabotNizam
• Morris AnkrumSharain's Father
• Abraham SofaerTutush