About the series
The film's narrative begins when Omar is only 4 years old. But he already memorizes passages from the Quran by heart. As Omar grows up, his magnificent mind grows stronger too. But his courage and love of freedom are not the most desirable qualities in the East. His poetic gift becomes an indirect cause of his father's death. Attacks by Seljuk warriors drive the Khayyam family from city to city. At 18, Omar is already becoming the most prominent philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer of Samarkand. He is never free throughout his life. The poet and scholar is forced to forever serve people who ravaged his homeland and killed his father and teacher. His talents are the cause of all his misfortunes. Khayyam is eternally lonely. His first love and student betray him, his bride dies, his friend abandons him. He expresses this suffering in his rubaiyat, which have lived on for 10 centuries already. By age 60, Khayyam is poor and forgotten by everyone. But a courageous and wise man never gives up.