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Omar the Tentmaker - 1922

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.

80min

1922

Released

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7.3/10

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

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

George RegasEmissary to the Shah (as George Rigas)

About Omar the Tentmaker

Omar the Tentmaker 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.

Runtime: 80min

Extra details

Original Title: Omar the Tentmaker

Original Language: English

Directed By: James Young

Production Companies

Richard Walton Tully Productions

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