Omar Khayyam (film)

Omar Khayyam
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Directed by	William Dieterle
Produced by	Frank Freeman Jr.
Written by	Barré Lyndon
Starring	Cornel Wilde Michael Rennie Debra Paget John Derek Edward Platt
Music by	Victor Young Jay Livingston Moises Vivanco
Cinematography	Ernest Laszlo
Edited by	Everett Douglas
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	August 23, 1957 (1957-08-23)
Running time	101 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.2 million (US rental)^[1]

Omar Khayyam (also released as The Life, Loves and Adventures of Omar Khayyam and The Loves of Omar Khayyam) is an American movie directed by William Dieterle, filmed in 1956 (mostly on the Paramount lot) and released in 1957. It starred Cornel Wilde as Omar Khayyám, 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 (1899-1956) and was released posthumously.

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

References

↑ "Top Grosses of 1957", Variety, 8 January 1958: 30

External links

Omar Khayyam at the TCM Movie Database
Omar Khayyam at the Internet Movie Database
Omar Khayyam at the American Film Institute Catalog

The films of William Dieterle

The Vulture Wally (1921)
The Conspiracy in Genoa (1921)
Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King (1922)
Lucrezia Borgia (1922)
Miss Julie (1922)
The Green Manuela (1923)
Mother and Child (1924)
Waxworks (1924)
Modern Marriages (1924)
Carlos and Elisabeth (1924)
The Woman from Berlin (1925)
In the Valleys of the Southern Rhine (1925)
Lightning (1925)
The Flower Woman of Potsdam Square (1925)
The Bohemian Dancer (1926)
The Pink Diamond (1926)
The Schimeck Family (1926)
The Fallen (1926)
The Mill at Sanssouci (1926)
Circle of Lovers (1927)
The Weavers (1927)
Heimweh (1927)
At the Edge of the World (1927)
The Saint and Her Fool (1928)
Sex in Chains (1928)
Violantha (1928)
Thieves (1928)
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1929)
Triumph of Love (1929)
The Brandenburg Arch (1929)
Silence in the Forest (1929)
Kismet (1930 German version)
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)
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 Reuter's (1940)
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
Syncopation (1942)
Tennessee Johnson (1943)
Kismet (1944)
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
Love Letters (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
Boots Malone (1952)
The Turning Point (1952)
Salome (1953)
Elephant Walk (1954)
Magic Fire (1955)
Omar Khayyam (1957)
Mistress of the World (1960)
Die Fastnachtsbeichte (1960)

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Omar Khayyam (film)

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