The Physician

Movie

2013

2h 35m

English

Adventure, Drama, History

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7.3

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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...

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The Physician

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2013

2h 35m

English

Adventure, Drama, History

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Cast

Rob Cole

Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Barber

Shah Ala ad Daula

Rebecca

Karim

Davout Hosein

Imam

Mirdin

Bar Kappara

Tuveh Ben Meir

Merlin

Rob Cole (10 Years)

Agnes Cole

Despina

Priest

Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni

Mirdin's Father

Fatima Hernadi

Mirdin's Mother

Rabii Benjhail Tadlaoui

Jew in Caravan

Mano Dayak

Quasim

Merlin's Apprentice

Rabbi

Fat Hakim

Tughrul

Directed By: Philipp Stölzl

Written By: Jan Berger (Screenplay), Noah Gordon (Novel)

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NinaX-deleted-1557529047 says...

11 years ago

Tiring. At the same flat, with a tragic romantic theme. The best part was the beginning, then the level of flying down.

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siggi963 says...

2 months ago

Though by far not as great and deep as the book, it is still a very good movie. It depicts how backwards medicine was in Europe in the 11th century and how, relatively speaking, advanced it was at that time in the middle-east. The medicine of the Middle East at that time is the basis for the medicine still practiced nowadays in the western world. I still recommend that you also read the book, which covers several other elements of everyday life at that time.

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sniperbr says...

11 years ago

Surpreende!

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Schokominza says...

11 years ago

One of the best movies I have seen in a long time.

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ltcomdata

9 years ago

Visually stunning movie about an English traveling barber called Robert who wishes to learn medicine from Avicenna, the renowned Early Medieval Muslim teacher. Against all odds, the Christian Englishman manages to do this --- but must hide his faith in order to do so. He defies traditional Christi More

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Filipe Manuel Dias Neto

2 years ago

**It's a good movie, it entertains its audience well, but it's riddled with small historical errors that could easily have been corrected.**

Films about medieval times are always nice to watch, especially for me, who have a great affection for this historical period, about which I did a specializ More

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