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Film / 2013
The Physician
Directed by
Philipp Stölzl
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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Cast
Tom PayneRobert 'Rob' Cole
Stellan SkarsgårdBarber
Olivier MartinezShah Ala ad Daula
Emma RigbyRebecca
Ben KingsleyIbn Sina
Elyas M'BarekKarim
Fahri YardımDavout Hosein
Makram J. KhouryImam
Michael MarcusMirdin
Stanley TownsendBar Kappara
Emil MarwaTuveh Ben Meir
Martin HancockMerlin
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Adam Thomas WrightRob Cole (10 Years)
Jodie McNeeAgnes Cole
Dominique MooreDespina
Aidan KellyPriest
Mohamen Mehdi OuazanniMirdin's Father
Fatima Herandi RaouyaMirdin's Mother
Rabii Benjhail TadlaouiJew in Caravan
Peter BankoléMano Dayak
Renu SetnaQuasim
Franz DindaMerlin's Apprentice
Lais Benjamin CamposAnne Cole (4 years)
Aaron KissiovSamuel Cole (6 years)
Louis FahrenholzBenjamin (10 years)
Percy HutchisonJesse (7 years)
Ramin YazdaniRabbi
Sahin EryilmazFat Hakim
Hamid NajahElder 1
Mahmoudi M'BarekElder 2
Benaissa El JirariGate Guard
Barbara PhilippWrench
Vincent EbrahimTughrul
Mansour BadriCity Guard
Abdelhak BelamjahdBar Kappara Servant
Irshad PanjatanPharmacist
Gerti DrasslTrembling Woman
Said DarifRabbi 2
Chaouqi AbdellatifShah's Messenger #1
Mourad ZaouiShah's Messenger #2
Yassine AfroukhShah's Messenger #3
Isaiah MichalskiYoung Boy
Ian T. DickinsonYoung Boy's Father
Mohamed NouaimaneMasked Man
Michael JibsonStratford Monk
Aykut KayacıkShah Official
Belkasem hicham ichaabShah's General
Fatym LayachiConcubine
Manuela BiedermannOlder Whore
Kim Nina LechlerYounger Whore
Wilfried HochholdingerTavern Guest
Michael LottNeighbour
Sybille J. SchedwillNeighbour Woman
Mohammad-Ali BehboudiOrderly
Robert Andrew FosterStreet Urchin
Richard RidingsTough Guy
Claudia FritzscheYoung Maiden
Hatim AbdelghafourMessenger with head
Ercan DurmazPatient Abolquasem
Çetin İpekkayaLibrarian
Juli StaapLittle Girl
James Allan GiscombeShah's Bodyguard
Michael BornhütterFarmer
Sima SeyedLeper (uncredited)
Natalia WitmerMirdin's Sister (uncredited)
Richard von GroelingDayak's Assistant (uncredited)
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