Film

The Physician

A journey out of darkness into light

7.3

2h 35m

2013

“A journey out of darkness into light”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Philipp Stölzl

Trailer

AdventureDramaHistory

based on novel or bookpersiajew persecutionhistorical figurereligious fundamentalismteacher student relationshipmiddle ages (476-1453)medievalblack deathmedical student11th centurymedieval england