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The Physician (German: Der Medicus) is a 2013 German historical drama film based on the novel of the same name by Noah Gordon. The film, co-written and directed by Philipp Stölzl, focuses on an orphan from an 11th-century English town whose mother died of side sickness. The boy vows to study medicine and decides to travel to Persia.
Dec 5, 2014 · The Physician: Directed by Philipp Stölzl. With Tom Payne, Stellan Skarsgård, Olivier Martinez, Emma Rigby. In 11th-century Persia, a surgeon's apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians.
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- Adventure, Drama, History
- Philipp Stölzl
- 2014-12-05
Director Philipp Stölzl adapts author Noah Gordon's novel about an 11th-century orphan who devotes his life to conquering death after his mother perishes when he is just a child, leaving him to fend for himself in an English mining town. In his quest to become a physician, the young boy studies medicine under renowned Persian expert Ibn Sina.
Dec 6, 2014 · A historical epic about a medieval English boy who becomes a doctor in Persia, challenging religion and superstition. The film stars Ben Kingsley as Ibn Sina and Tom Payne as Rob Cole, a Christian who disguises himself as Jewish.
Dec 5, 2014 · 80 %. Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on December 31, 2022. 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 ...
Dec 5, 2014 · A surgeon's apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study medicine in Persia in the 11th Century. The film is based on a novel by Noah Gordon and directed by Philipp Stölzl, and features Ben Kingsley as Ibn Sina.
Based on the best-selling novel by Noah Gordon, THE PHYSICIAN tells the story of Rob Cole (Tom Payne), a boy who is left a penniless orphan in an 11th-century English mining town when his mother dies of a mysterious illness. Vowing to become a physician and vanquish Death itself, he travels to Isfahan in Persia to study medicine under the great Ibn Sina (Ben Kingsley). On his epic journey, he ...
