The Physician

England, 1021. Rob Cole, a boy born in a miserable mining town, 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.

Cast

Tom Payne

as Rob Cole

Ben Kingsley

as Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Stellan Skarsgård

as Barber

Olivier Martinez

as Shah Ala ad Daula

Emma Rigby

as Rebecca

Elyas M'Barek

as Karim

Fahri Yardım

as Davout Hosein

Makram J. Khoury

as Imam

Michael Marcus

as Mirdin

Stanley Townsend

as Bar Kappara

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