The Physician

– The story of Rob Cole, a boy who is left a penniless orphan in an 11th-century English mining town w..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 30 Minutes
Release Year:
2013
The Physician (2013)

The story of Rob Cole, 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. Through countless ordeals and challenges, and making many sacrifices along the way, he struggles on unwaveringly. His unflagging quest for knowledge leads to the blossoming of friendship and true love.

The Physician (2013) - Trailer

Release Date:

05 Dec 2014

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Philipp Stölzl

Writer:

Noah Gordon (based on the novel by), Jan Berger (screenplay by), Philipp Stölzl, Simon Block, Christoph Müller

Main Actors:

Tom Payne, Stellan Skarsgård, Olivier Martinez, Emma Rigby

Plot:

When nine-year-old Rob Cole felt the life force slipping from his mother's hand he could not foresee that this terrifying awareness of impending death was a gift that would lead him from the familiar life of 11th-century London to small villages throughout England and finally to the medical school at Ispahan. Though apprenticed to an itinerant barber surgeon, it is the dazzling surgery of a Jewish physician trained by the legendary Persian physician Avicenna that inspires him to accept his gift and to commit his life to healing by studying at Avicenna's school. Despite the ban on Christian students, Rob goes there, disguising himself as a Jew to gain admission. Gordon has written an adventurous and inspiring tale of a quest for medical knowledge pursued in a violent world full of superstition and prejudice.

Awards:

5 nominations.

Production:

Lionsgate Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10