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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 |
Edited by | Everett Douglas |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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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 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 posthumously.