Omar Khayyam (1957 film)
1957 film
- August 23, 1957 (1957-08-23)
Running time
Omar Khayyam (also released as The Life, Loves and Adventures of Omar Khayyam and The Loves of Omar Khayyam) is an American historical adventure film directed by William Dieterle that was filmed in 1956 (mostly on the Paramount lot) and released in 1957. It stars Cornel Wilde as Omar Khayyam, the eponymous Persian poet, Michael Rennie as Hasani Sabah and famous exotica singer Yma Sumac as Karina. It was the final film to be scored by Victor Young, who died before the film's release.
Plot
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
- Sebastian Cabot as the Nizam
- Perry Lopez as Prince Ahmud
- Morris Ankrum as Imam Nowaffak
- Abraham Sofaer as Tutush
- Edward Platt as Jayhan
See also
References
- ^ "Top Grosses of 1957", Variety, 8 January 1958: 30
External links
- Omar Khayyam at the TCM Movie Database
- Omar Khayyam at IMDb
- Omar Khayyam at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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Films directed by William Dieterle
- Man by the Wayside (1923)
- Behind the Altar (1927)
- The Saint and Her Fool (1928)
- Sex in Chains (1928)
- Rustle of Spring (1929)
- Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1929)
- Triumph of Love (1929)
- The Brandenburg Arch (1929)
- Silence in the Forest (1929)
- The Dance Goes On (1930)
- Kismet (1931)
- The Mask Falls (1931)
- Demon of the Sea (1931)
- One Hour of Happiness (1931)
- The Sacred Flame (1931)
- The Last Flight (1931)
- Her Majesty, Love (1931)
- Man Wanted (1932)
- Jewel Robbery (1932)
- The Crash (1932)
- Six Hours to Live (1932)
- Scarlet Dawn (1932)
- Lawyer Man (1933)
- Adorable (1933)
- The Devil's in Love (1933)
- Grand Slam (1933)
- Female (1933)
- From Headquarters (1933)
- Fog Over Frisco (1934)
- Fashions of 1934 (1934)
- Madame Du Barry (1934)
- Dr. Monica (1934)
- The Firebird (1934)
- The Secret Bride (1934)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
- Dr. Socrates (1935)
- The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935)
- The White Angel (1936)
- Satan Met a Lady (1936)
- The Great O'Malley (1937)
- The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
- Another Dawn (1937)
- The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
- Blockade (1938)
- Juarez (1939)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
- A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
- The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
- Syncopation (1942)
- Tennessee Johnson (1943)
- Kismet (1944)
- I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
- Love Letters (1945)
- This Love of Ours (1945)
- The Searching Wind (1946)
- Duel in the Sun (1946)
- Portrait of Jennie (1948)
- The Accused (1949)
- Rope of Sand (1949)
- Paid in Full (1950)
- Vulcano (1950)
- September Affair (1950)
- Dark City (1950)
- Peking Express (1951)
- Red Mountain (1951)
- Boots Malone (1952)
- The Turning Point (1952)
- Salome (1953)
- Elephant Walk (1954)
- Magic Fire (1955)
- Omar Khayyam (1957)
- Dubrowsky (1959)
- Mistress of the World (1960)
- Carnival Confession (1960)
- Quick, Let's Get Married (1964)
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