The Physician
Dec 25 2013
•3h 35m
•Adventure, Drama, History
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.
Cast
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Tom Payne
Rob Cole
Ben Kingsley
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Stellan Skarsgård
Barber
Olivier Martinez
Shah Ala ad Daula
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