The Physician

The Physician(2013)

"A journey out of darkness into light"

7.3/10
1,130 votes
155 minDecember 25, 2013

Overview

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.

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