Omar Khayyam (film)

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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
Editing by Everett Douglas
Release date(s) August 23, 1957
Running time 101 min
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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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 after his death.

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