Summary: 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. (imdb)

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AKA: The Life, Loves and Adventures of Omar Khayyam

Genre: Adventure

Country: USA

Directed By: William Dieterle

Written By: Barré Lyndon

Starring: Michael Rennie, Raymond Massey, Debra Paget, John Derek, Cornel Wilde

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