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The Physician

Name: The Physician
Director: Philipp Stölzl
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Released: 2013-12-25
Duration: 155 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Tom Payne, Stellan Skarsgård, Olivier Martinez, Emma Rigby, Ben Kingsley

2013 · 2h 35m · Adventure, Drama, History

IMDb 7.2

Watch it tonight if you're in the mood for sweeping historical drama with genuine stakes—a protagonist's obsessive quest across medieval landscapes to study medicine under history's greatest physician is the kind of ambitious, character-driven story that rewards your attention. Skip it if you need contemporary pacing and snappy dialogue, because this is a slow-burn period piece that demands patience but delivers real substance.

Plot

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

Cast: Tom Payne, Stellan Skarsgård, Olivier Martinez, Emma Rigby, Ben Kingsley

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