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Basic facts

Original title Omar Khayyam
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
Swedish release 1958-02-17

Cast

Cornel Wilde
Omar Khayyam

Michael Rennie
Hasani Sabah

Debra Paget
Sharain

John Derek
prins Malik

Raymond Massey
shahen / berättaren

Yma Sumac
Karina

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Alternative title
Working title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Dialogue Coach
Script Supervisor
Casting
Unit Publicist
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Special Photographic Effects
Assistant Cameraman
Gaffer
Key Grip
Set Decorator
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Wardrobe

Cast

Cornel Wilde Omar Khayyam
Michael Rennie Hasani Sabah
Debra Paget Sharain
John Derek prins Malik
Raymond Massey shahen / berättaren
Yma Sumac Karina
Margaret Hayes drottning Zarada
Joan Taylor Yaffa
Sebastian Cabot nizam
Perry Lopez prins Ahmud
Morris Ankrum imamen Nowaffak
Abraham Sofaer Tutush
Edward C. Platt (as Edward Platt) Jayhan
James Griffith Buzorg
Peter Adams härold
Henry Brandon befälhavare
Kem Dibbs Tutushs livvakt
Paul Picerni befälhavare
- Ej krediterade:
Valerie Allen haremsdam
Florine Carlan haremsdam
Emilie Stevens haremsdam
Marie Tsien kinesflicka
Douglas Spencer ägaren till duvslaget
Paul Salata (as Paul T. Salata) vakt / byzantinsk fånge
Ronald Nyman vakt
John Zollan vakt
Joyce Vanderveen hinduflicka
Charles La Torre arméläkare
Jack Mather (as John E. Mather) prior "Sayida"
Joe Bassett prior "Rashidi"
Don Dunning prior "Dikar"
Franz Roehn Kisrak
Max Power prior "Dastur"
Frank Leyva assassin
Henry Wills assassin
James Davies assassin
Carl Saxe officer
Dale Van Sickel officer
Robert St. Angelo officer
Salah Sayed Ahmed officer
Romo Vincent läkare
Dick Elliott ägaren till tavernan
John Abbott Yusuf
Edmund Hashim turkmen
Eric Alden befälhavare
Ric Roman slavägare
Paul Weber Q'Adi, präst
E.J. André adelsman
John Merton adelsman
Robert Tafur adelsman
Richard Alameda adelsman
Alan Wells kavallerispanare
Len Hendry officer / kurir
Ed Agresti assassin
William Bagdad assassin
James J. Hanna assassin
Arthur L. Bucaro assassin
Mary Ellen Popel hovdam
Sonia Warner haremsdam
Sandra Warner haremsdam
Joyce Meadows haremsdam
Lee Belser haremsdam
Audrey Lowell haremsdam
Arthur Tookoian kurir
Allan Douglas stadsbo / assassin
Don Diamond kavallerikapten
Frank Griffin assassin / assassinlärare
Richard Gilden assassinnovis
Jean Elliott Lelah
Mahin S. Shahrivar slavinna
Jugat Bhatia general
Roger Creed bödel
Abdel Salam Moussa en av shahens soldater
Anthony Caruso en av shahens vakter
George Bruggeman en man
Phyllis Johannes en kvinna

Companies

Production Company Paramount Pictures Corporation
Copyright Paramount Pictures Corporation 1957-08-01 LP8814
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Film AB Paramount 1958

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 90506
Date 1957-08-08
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2750 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.85:1 (VistaVision)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2750 meters
Length in minutes 101 min


Production location

(omtagningar) 1957-06-07 1957-06-07
1956-04-02 1956-05-28

Release dates

First showing 1957-08-23 New York City, New York USA 101 min
Other showing 1957-08-23 Helsinki Finland 101 min (Biografpremiär i Finland)
Release in Sweden 1958-02-17 Anglais Stockholm Sweden 101 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title The Loves of Omar Khayyam
By Jay Livingston (1957)
Ray Evans (1957)
Sung by Yma Sumac


Original title Take My Heart
Composer Victor Young (1957)
Lyrics Mack David (1957)


Original title Lament
Composer Moisés Vivanco
Lyrics Moisés Vivanco
Sung by Yma Sumac


Original title Tell My Love
Composer Victor Young (1957)
Lyrics Jay Livingston (1957)
Ray Evans (1957)


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Stills

Black and white print set
Colour prints 12
Behind the scenes prints No
Slides No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio



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