The Physician
2013 · ★ 7.3 · Dir. Philipp Stölzl
A journey out of darkness into light
England, 1021. Rob Cole, a boy born in a miserable mining town, swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the greatest healer of his time.
- Released
- 2013-12-25
- Runtime
- 155 min
- Rated
- R
- Language
- EN
- Budget
- $36M
- Box office
- $57.3M
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Tom Payne
Rob Cole
Ben Kingsley
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Stellan Skarsgård
Barber
Olivier Martinez
Shah Ala ad Daula
Emma Catherine Rigby
Rebecca
Elyas M'Barek
Karim
Fahri Yardım
Davout Hosein
Makram J. Khoury
Imam
Michael Marcus
Mirdin
Stanley Townsend
Bar Kappara
Emil Marwa
Tuveh Ben Meir
Martin Hancock
Merlin
Keywords
Based on novel or bookMedieval englandJew persecutionMiddle agesMedievalReligious fanaticismMedical studentPersiaTeacher student relationshipHistorical figureReligious fundamentalismBlack death11th centuryMedieval physicianSeljuk turks
