Overview
About Omar Khayyam of Persia, the poet and mathematician, who wrote the Iranian first solar calendar circa A.D. 1073. His fiancé was forced to marry the shah, but she eventually escaped and, with help of grand Vazir, joined Omar Khayyam. Hollywood made a film based on the same story with Connell Wilde, the life and adventures of Omar Khayyam.
Fun facts
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Georges Benoît
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Richard Walton TullyScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 22, 1922
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Production
Cast
Guy Bates PostOmar the tentmaker
Virginia Brown FaireShireen
Nigel De BrulierNizam ul Mulk
Noah BeeryThe shah of shahs
Rose DioneShah's mother
Patsy Ruth MillerLittle Shireen
Douglas GerrardHassan- Will Jim HattonLittle Mahruss
Boris KarloffImam Mowaffak
Maurice 'Lefty' FlynnThe Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn)
Edward KimballOmar's father (as Edward M. Kimball)
Walter LongThe executioner
Evelyn SelbieZarah- John GribnerMahruss
- Gordon MullenEmissary to the Shah
George RegasEmissary to the Shah (as George Rigas)- Nick ShaidArab Guard in Shireen's Garden (uncredited)
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