---
title: 'Omar Khayyam (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Dieterle'
released: '1957-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/omar-khayyam-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050799/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Omar Khayyam (1957)

1957 · 101 min · History · United States


## Synopsis

Omar Khayyam is an American historical adventure film directed by William Dieterle that was filmed in 1956 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William Dieterle](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-dieterle)
- **Screenplay:** [Barré Lyndon](https://cinepixo.com/people/barre-lyndon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Victor Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-young)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Laszlo](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-laszlo)
- **Editor:** [Everett Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/everett-douglas)

## Cast

- [Morris Ankrum](https://cinepixo.com/people/morris-ankrum)
- [Henry Brandon](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-brandon)
- [Debra Paget](https://cinepixo.com/people/debra-paget)
- [Sebastian Cabot](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-cabot)
- [Yma Sumac](https://cinepixo.com/people/yma-sumac)
- [Abraham Sofaer](https://cinepixo.com/people/abraham-sofaer)
- [Raymond Massey](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-massey)
- [Margaret Hayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-hayes)
- [John Abbott](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-abbott)
- [Cornel Wilde](https://cinepixo.com/people/cornel-wilde)
- [John Derek](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-derek)
- [Edward Platt](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-platt)
- [James Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-griffith)
- [Perry Lopez](https://cinepixo.com/people/perry-lopez)
- [Michael Rennie](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rennie)

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