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| Omar Khayyam (1957) |
| Credits: Director: William Dieterle || Cast: Cornel Wilde, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget |
| Synopsis: Cornel Wilde stars as the legendary Persian poet, here depicted as not only a philosopher but a scientist, politician and great lover. As the Persians gear up for war against the Byzantines, Omar occupies his time by romancing Sharain (Debra Paget), the favorite wife of the Shah (Raymond Massey). He also does his best to foil a plan by Hasani (Michael Rennie), leader of the Cult of Assassins, to murder the royal family. |
| Description: VHS || NTSC || color || English Language || Extremely rare collector's video || || country: USA |
| Condition: Very Good quality |
| Price: $29 |
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| Omar Khayyam (2002) |
| Credits: Director of production Salah Touma / Saad who plays the role of Omar al Khayyam, Samar Sami, Khaled Taja, Rafiq Sbeai, Zoheir Abdel Karim and many others. |
| Synopsis: Tunisian director Shawqi al Majeri said that emphasis will be put on the humanitarian side of al Khayyam’s character as if he were a contemporary man. Al Majeri added that the filming of the 30-episode series will take more than five months. Scenarist Ghassan Jbaai said that any historical series produced now becomes contemporary, because history repeats itself. In reply to a question about the reason for choosing the character of Omar al Khayyam, Jbaai said that al Khayyam had a lasting imprint in the human history. However, he was a marginalized and defeated character. “I like to defend defeated people in my scripts,” Jbaai said. |
| Tunisian
director Shawqi al Majeri has chosen Syrian actor Jihad
Saad to play the role of Omar al Khayyam and Syrian
actress Saba Mubarak to play his beloved Yasmin’s role in
the TV series depicting the life history of the famed
poet. The series screenwriter Ghassan Jbae’i has based on around 50 references which depict the life of the controversial figure, mainly Amin Maalouf’s novel Samarkand, in addition to Ruba’iyyat al Khayyam and biographical books which shed lights on the time period in which Khayyam lived. Al Majeri is going to start filming the series in the second part of May, in several countries: Azerbaijan, Kazakhistan, Iran, Iraq and Syria. The 30-episode series is produced by al Sham International for TV and Cinema Production. The TV series not only deals with the life of the famed Arab figure, but also sheds light on the time period in which Khayyam lived. The producers aim to give the audience a closer look at Islam and the Arab world during the middle ages period, while tracing the events of Khayyam's life. Khayyam's poetry has been translated into several languages, and is most famous for its embodiment of themes such as life, love and beauty. The middle ages figure, Khayyam, studied philosophy, and later on in life went to become a much-esteemed mathematician and astronomer. Khayyam's work has been made famous in English language through the translations of Edward Fitzgerald, and has also been translated into other languages and studied by scholars the world over. One of his most accomplished works is Rubaiyyat al Khayyam which has been immortalized into song by Umm Kalthoum, and are still popular today among lovers of poetry, literature critics, those who study eastern philosophy, middle ages historians, and simply those who are passionate about life and love |
| Description: VHS || color || Arabic Language || Genre: Arabic series || country: Syria |
| Condition: NA |
| Price: NA |
