The Physician (2013)

Directed by

Philipp Stölzl

Genre

drama film, adventure film, historical film

Country

Germany

Runtime

2h 30m

Rated

R

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 1,204 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An 11th century English orphan boy loses his mother to a disease and decides to become a doctor. He travels all the way to Persia to study medicine with a famous physician.

epicpoignantslow-burncontemplativevisually lushhopefulsolemninspiring

What happens

The Physician (German: Der Medicus) is a 2013 English-language German historical drama film based on the novel of the same name by Noah Gordon. The film, co-written and directed by Philipp Stölzl, focuses on an orphan from an 11th-century English town whose mother died of side sickness. The boy vows to study medicine and decides to travel to Persia. The film stars Tom Payne, Ben Kingsley (as physician Ibn Sina), Stellan Skarsgård, Olivier Martinez, and Emma Rigby in lead roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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