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The Physician
England, 1021: Born in a miserable mining town, Robert Cole 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.
2013 · Directed by Philipp Stölzl · 155 min · Adventure · Drama · History · 10 frames
Tagline
A journey out of darkness into light
Crew
- Screenplay: Jan Berger
- Cinematography: Hagen Bogdanski
- Edited by: Sven Budelmann
- Music: Ingo Ludwig Frenzel
- Production design: Udo Kramer
- Produced by: Wolf Bauer, Nico Hofmann
Cast
- Tom Payne as Robert 'Rob' Cole
- Stellan Skarsgård as Barber
- Olivier Martinez as Shah Ala ad Daula
- Emma Rigby as Rebecca
- Ben Kingsley as Ibn Sina
- Elyas M'Barek as Karim
- Fahri Yardım as Davout Hosein
- Makram J. Khoury as Imam
- Michael Marcus as Mirdin
- Stanley Townsend as Bar Kappara
Production
- Country: Germany
- Language: English
- Studios: Pixomondo, CinePostproduction, Cine Mobil, ARD
- Budget: $36,000,000
- Box office: $57,284,237
- Themes: based on novel or book, persia, jew persecution, historical figure, religious fundamentalism, teacher student relationship, middle ages (476-1453), medieval, black death, medical student
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