Omar the Tentmaker
Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House
The Plot
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.
Run Time
1h 20m
Genre
Romance, Drama
Release Date
22 Dec 1922
Country
United States of America
Language
No Language
Director & Producers
Top Billed 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
Little Mahruss
Boris KarloffImam Mowaffak
Maurice 'Lefty' FlynnThe Christian Crusader (as Maurice B. Flynn)
Edward KimballOmar's father (as Edward M. Kimball)
Walter LongThe executioner
Technical Team
Richard Walton Tully Productions


James Young