The Physician (2013)

The Physician (2013) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
155 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Philipp Stölzl

Written By:
Jan Berger
Noah Gordon

Actors:
Tom Payne ..... Rob Cole
Stellan Skarsgard ..... Barber
Olivier Martinez ..... Shah Ala ad-Daula
Emma Rigby ..... Rebecca
Elyas M'Barek ..... Karim
Fahri Yardim ..... Davout Hossein
Makram Khoury ..... Imam
Michael Marcus ..... Mirdin
Ben Kingsley ..... Ibn Sina
Stanley Townsend ..... Bar Kappara
Emil Marwa ..... Tuveh Ben Meir
Martin Hancock ..... Merlin
Adam Thomas Wright ..... Young Rob Cole
Jodie McNee ..... Agnes Cole
Dominique Moore ..... Despina

Synopsis:

This engrossing book traces the life of 11th century Englishman, Robert Cole. Cole begins as a normal child, is quickly orphaned, and is then apprenticed to a barber-surgeon. As he travels throughout England with his master, the reader is introduced to all aspects of English peasant life. Family life, morality, religion, sexuality, medicine, xenophobia and history are all presented in an interesting, subtle, and easily read writing style. When Cole grows up and decides to be a physician, he comes in contact with Jewish doctors who explain to him that the best universities are in Moslem-ruled Persia, where no Christian may go. Determined to learn, Cole overcomes this obstacle by pretending to be a Jew. As he travels and studies in Persia, the same questions of lifestyle are addressed, only this time within the Jewish and Moslem communities.

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.

In Persia in the 11th Century, a surgeon's apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 09 June, 2014.

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