The Physician | Hitchens Virtual Theatre

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.

Production Year:

2013

Released:

Tue, 03/17/2015

Run Time Minutes:

150

Rating:

Genres:

Drama

Genres:

Adventure

Trailer:

Yes

Format Aspect Ratio:

16x9-Wide Screen

Resolution:

480x720 LowRez

More Information:

HD-6

Audio Language:

English

Audio Format:

Dolby Digital

Audio Channels:

2-Channel Stereo

Actors:

Tom Payne - Rob Cole

Actors:

Stellan Skarsg?rd - Barber

Actors:

Olivier Martinez - Shah Ala ad Daula

Actors:

Emma Rigby - Rebecca

Actors:

Elyas M'Barek - Karim

Actors:

Fahri Yardim - Davout Hosein

Actors:

Makram J. Khoury - Imam

Actors:

Michael Marcus - Mirdin

Actors:

Ben Kingsley - Ibn Sina

Actors:

Stanley Townsend - Bar Kappara

Actors:

Emil Marwa - Tuveh Ben Meir

Actors:

Martin Hancock - Merlin

Actors:

Adam Thomas Wright - Rob Cole (10 years)

Actors:

Jodie McNee - Agnes Cole

Actors:

Dominique Moore - Despina

Actors:

Aidan Kelly - Priest

Actors:

Mehdi Ouazzani - Mirdin's Father

Actors:

Fatima Harrandi - Mirdin's Mother

Actors:

Rabii Tadlaoui - Jew in Caravan

Actors:

Peter Bankole - Mano Dayak

Actors:

Renu Setna - Quasim

Actors:

Franz Dinda - Merlin's Apprentice

Actors:

Lais Benjamin Campos - Anne Cole (4 years)

Actors:

Aaron Kissiov - Samuel Cole (6 years)

Actors:

Louis Fahrenholz - Benjamin (10 years)

Actors:

Percy Hutchison - Jesse (7 years)

Actors:

Ramin Yazdani - Rabbi

Actors:

Sahin Eryilmaz - Fat Hakim

Actors:

Hamid Najah - Elder 1

Actors:

Mbarek Mahmoudi - Elder 2

Actors:

Eljirari Benaissa - Gate Guard

Actors:

Barbara Philipp - Wench

Actors:

Vincent Ebrahim - Tughrul

Actors:

Mansour Badri - City Guard

Actors:

Abdelhak Belamjahd - Bar Kappara Servant

Actors:

Irshad Panjatan - Pharmacist

Actors:

Gerti Drassl - Trembling Woman

Actors:

Said Darif - Rabbi 2

Actors:

Abdellatif Chaouqi - Shah's Messenger #1

Actors:

Mourad Zaoui - Shah's Messenger #2

Actors:

Yasine Affroukh - Shah's Messenger #3

Actors:

Isaiah Michalski - Young Boy

Actors:

Ian T. Dickinson - Young Boy's Father

Actors:

Mohamed Nouaimane - Masked Man

Actors:

Michael Jibson - Stratford Monk

Actors:

Aykut Kayacik - Shah Official

Actors:

Hicham Ichhab - Shah's General

Actors:

Fatym Layachi - Concubine

Actors:

Manuela Biedermann - Older Whore

Actors:

Kim Nina Lechler - Younger Whore

Actors:

Wilfried Hochholdinger - Tavern Guest

Actors:

Michael Lott - Neighbour

Actors:

Sybille J. Schedwill - Neighbour Woman

Actors:

Mohammad-Ali Behboudi - Orderly

Actors:

Robert Foster - Street Urchin

Actors:

Richard Ridings - Tough Guy

Actors:

Claudia Fritzsche - Young Maiden

Actors:

Hatim Abdelghafour - Messenger with head

Actors:

Ercan Durmaz - Patient Abolquasem

Actors:

Cetin Ipekkaya - Librarian

Actors:

Juli Staap - Little Girl

Actors:

James Allan - Shah Bodyguard

Actors:

Benaissa El Jirari - Gate Guard

Actors:

Michael Bornh?tter - Farmer