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.

Release Date

22 December 1922

80 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Omar the tentmaker
Nizam ul Mulk
The shah of shahs
Shah's mother
Little Shireen
Little Mahruss
Imam Mowaffak
The Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn)
Omar's father (as Edward M. Kimball)
The executioner