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The Physician

The Physician

7,3 /10 (1,209 Votes)
2013 EN 155 min

Overview

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.

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Release date

25/12/2013

Votes

1,209

Popularity

6.7

A journey out of darkness into light

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

155 min

Budget

$36,000,000

Revenue

$57,284,237

Tom Payne

Tom Payne

Robert 'Rob' Cole

Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård

Barber

Olivier Martinez

Olivier Martinez

Shah Ala ad Daula

Emma Rigby

Emma Rigby

Rebecca

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

Ibn Sina

Elyas M'Barek

Elyas M'Barek

Karim

Fahri Yardım

Fahri Yardım

Davout Hosein

Makram J. Khoury

Makram J. Khoury

Imam

Michael Marcus

Michael Marcus

Mirdin

Stanley Townsend

Stanley Townsend

Bar Kappara

Emil Marwa

Emil Marwa

Tuveh Ben Meir

Martin Hancock

Martin Hancock

Merlin

Adam Thomas Wright

Adam Thomas Wright

Rob Cole (10 Years)

Jodie McNee

Jodie McNee

Agnes Cole

Dominique Moore

Dominique Moore

Despina

Aidan Kelly

Aidan Kelly

Priest

Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni

Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni

Mirdin's Father

Fatima Herandi Raouya

Fatima Herandi Raouya

Mirdin's Mother

No photo

Rabii Benjhail Tadlaoui

Jew in Caravan

Peter Bankolé

Peter Bankolé

Mano Dayak

Renu Setna

Renu Setna

Quasim

Franz Dinda

Franz Dinda

Merlin's Apprentice

No photo

Lais Benjamin Campos

Anne Cole (4 years)

Aaron Kissiov

Aaron Kissiov

Samuel Cole (6 years)

No photo

Louis Fahrenholz

Benjamin (10 years)

No photo

Percy Hutchison

Jesse (7 years)

No photo

Ramin Yazdani

Rabbi

Sahin Eryilmaz

Sahin Eryilmaz

Fat Hakim

Hamid Najah

Hamid Najah

Elder 1

No photo

Mahmoudi M'Barek

Elder 2

Benaissa El Jirari

Benaissa El Jirari

Gate Guard

Barbara Philipp

Barbara Philipp

Wrench

Vincent Ebrahim

Vincent Ebrahim

Tughrul

Mansour Badri

Mansour Badri

City Guard

No photo

Abdelhak Belamjahd

Bar Kappara Servant

Irshad Panjatan

Irshad Panjatan

Pharmacist

Gerti Drassl

Gerti Drassl

Trembling Woman

Said Darif

Said Darif

Rabbi 2

No photo

Chaouqi Abdellatif

Shah's Messenger #1

Mourad Zaoui

Mourad Zaoui

Shah's Messenger #2

No photo

Yassine Afroukh

Shah's Messenger #3

No photo

Isaiah Michalski

Young Boy

Ian T. Dickinson

Ian T. Dickinson

Young Boy's Father

No photo

Mohamed Nouaimane

Masked Man

Michael Jibson

Michael Jibson

Stratford Monk

Aykut Kayacık

Aykut Kayacık

Shah Official

No photo

Hicham Ichaab

Shah's General

No photo

Fatym Layachi

Concubine

Manuela Biedermann

Manuela Biedermann

Older Whore

No photo

Kim Nina Lechler

Younger Whore

Wilfried Hochholdinger

Wilfried Hochholdinger

Tavern Guest

Michael Lott

Michael Lott

Neighbour

Sybille J. Schedwill

Sybille J. Schedwill

Neighbour Woman

Mohammad-Ali Behboudi

Mohammad-Ali Behboudi

Orderly

No photo

Robert Andrew Foster

Street Urchin

Richard Ridings

Richard Ridings

Tough Guy

Claudia Fritzsche

Claudia Fritzsche

Young Maiden

Hatim Abdelghafour

Hatim Abdelghafour

Messenger with head

Ercan Durmaz

Ercan Durmaz

Patient Abolquasem

No photo

Çetin İpekkaya

Librarian

No photo

Juli Staap

Little Girl

No photo

James Allan Giscombe

Shah's Bodyguard

No photo

Michael Bornhütter

Farmer

No photo

Sima Seyed

Leper (uncredited)

Natalia Witmer

Natalia Witmer

Mirdin's Sister (uncredited)

No photo

Richard von Groeling

Dayak's Assistant (uncredited)

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Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

2022-12-31

⭐ 8

**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 specialization as a historian. Unfortunately, and as happens regularly, this movie is full of mistakes. The script is quite good, from an entertainment point of view: an English orphan who is raised and trained by an itinerant barber acquires a great fascination for medicine and for the ability to cure il…

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