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Omar Khayyam

  • 19571957
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 41m
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5.8/10
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Debra Paget and Cornel Wilde in Omar Khayyam (1957)
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During the 11th century, Persian poet Omar Khayyam's lover marries the Shah but the Shah, whose life is threatened by a sect of assassins, appoints Omar royal advisor.During the 11th century, Persian poet Omar Khayyam's lover marries the Shah but the Shah, whose life is threatened by a sect of assassins, appoints Omar royal advisor.During the 11th century, Persian poet Omar Khayyam's lover marries the Shah but the Shah, whose life is threatened by a sect of assassins, appoints Omar royal advisor.
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    • William Dieterle
    • Barré Lyndon
  • Stars
    • Cornel Wilde
    • Michael Rennie
    • Debra Paget
    • William Dieterle
    • Barré Lyndon
  • Stars
    • Cornel Wilde
    • Michael Rennie
    • Debra Paget
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    • 8User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Debra Paget and Cornel Wilde in Omar Khayyam (1957)
    Debra Paget, Cornel Wilde, and Michael Rennie in Omar Khayyam (1957)
    Debra Paget and Cornel Wilde in Omar Khayyam (1957)
    Debra Paget and Joan Taylor in Omar Khayyam (1957)
    Debra Paget and Cornel Wilde in Omar Khayyam (1957)
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    Debra Paget and Cornel Wilde in Omar Khayyam (1957)
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    Debra Paget and Cornel Wilde in Omar Khayyam (1957)

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    Cornel Wilde
    Cornel Wilde
    • Omar Khayyam
    Michael Rennie
    Michael Rennie
    • Hasani Sabah
    Debra Paget
    Debra Paget
    • Sharain
    John Derek
    John Derek
    • Young Prince Malik
    Raymond Massey
    Raymond Massey
    • The Shah
    Yma Sumac
    Yma Sumac
    • Karina
    Margaret Hayes
    Margaret Hayes
    • Queen Zarada
    Joan Taylor
    Joan Taylor
    • Yaffa
    Sebastian Cabot
    Sebastian Cabot
    • The Nizam
    Perry Lopez
    Perry Lopez
    • Prince Ahmud
    Morris Ankrum
    Morris Ankrum
    • Imam Nowaffak
    Abraham Sofaer
    Abraham Sofaer
    • Tutush
    Edward Platt
    Edward Platt
    • Jayhan
    James Griffith
    James Griffith
    • Buzorg
    Peter Adams
    Peter Adams
    • Master Herald
    Henry Brandon
    Henry Brandon
    • Commander
    Kem Dibbs
    • Tutush's Guard
    Paul Picerni
    Paul Picerni
    • Commander
      • William Dieterle
      • Barré Lyndon
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      This picture marked the last film-score credit for Victor Young, the accomplished Hollywood composer, recording artist and songwriter of melodic standards - "Street of Dreams", "Love Letters", "Stella by Starlight", "My Foolish Heart", "When I Fall in Love", "Around the World".
    • Goofs
      As Omar leaves the council of the Grand Master.
    • Quotes

      Omar Khayyam: They call you Chosen One... the Seventh Excellent Creature.Are you also to be appointed Caliph, interpreting the Will of God, Supreme Ruler above all earthly kings?

      Hasani Sabah: If it were not so, I could not wear these robes nor hold this office.

      Omar Khayyam: You have named me your Counsellor, but

      [pause]

      Omar Khayyam: I am happier with lesser matters, like this strip of vellum on which I have reduced the year to better reckoning. These figures will guide the lives of men when our mouths have been stopped with the dust of a thousand years, and the name Omar Khayyam is just as long forgotten. These figures, written on the skins of lambs, have more power than all your daggers and secret plans. Such men as you have arisen in every generation, from the dawn of mankind to our times, each with another form of the ancient conspiracy to rule this Earth. Millions of men have died to prove them wrong. What you are doing is not new, and will never be old. And when you have failed - as all those before you have failed and miserably died - it will happen again, and over again, as long as my calendar shall last.

      [pause]

      Omar Khayyam: But my calendar may not last an hour. Only sworn Assassins leave this rock.

    • Connections
      Featured in Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      The Loves of Omar Khayyam
      Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans

    User reviews8

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    Decent watch.
    Other reviewers said it best; this is your typical 1950s period pic actioner with lots of adventure and some sword play. I never pictured Omar Khayyam as much of an infiltrator, but the movie, being a movie from the 50s, takes liberty with Khayyam's life, and spices things up for the audience. Think about it. If you were a young man needing to take his girl on a date in 1957, would you want to see some existential docu-drama about the Persian poet's life and works? No, more like you'd want to see something that had action, romance, adventure, and heroics over bad guys to cap off the evening.

    Well, this movie delivers. It's not an outstanding movie, but it's a good simple basic film that, to be honest, was a little ahead of its time in terms of addressing the turmoil in the middle east. Allusions to caliphates, the "one true religion", secret hideouts in the mountains certainly ring bells with events since our own September 11th, 2001. But, fortunately our hero, Omar Khayyam played by Cornel Wilde, uses his learned ways and scholarly teachings to fight a familiar foe we know today, whose roots are seated in past pride.

    The story is right out of Hollwood 101, and everyone here is from central casting. The performances are a little wooden, and SFX are easily spotted but do their job, and overall the production values are fairly solid. Omar Khayyam doesn't give us too much of his poetry as he's too busy saving the kingdom of those he serves, but we are treated to a few lines of his poetic brilliance before the movie ends.

    It's worth seeing once, and perhaps again on a rainy weekend afternoon. It's that kind of a movie. Watch it, enjoy it for what it is, but don't take it too seriously.

    Overall a decent watch.

    Enjoy.
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    • Jan 1, 2013

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    • Release date
      • August 23, 1957 (Finland)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Indio, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • 1 hour 41 minutes

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