Omar Khayyam (1957 film)

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

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

Filmink called it "sluggish".^[2]

^ "Top Grosses of 1957", Variety, 8 January 1958: 30
^ Vagg, Stephen (5 November 2024). "The Cinema of John Derek, Movie Star". Filmink. Retrieved 5 November 2024.

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