Set during the 11th century, the movie centers on a destitute orphan whose mother died of a mysterious illness as he travels to Persia to study medicine with the legendary Persian physician Avicenna.
1981, Germany
8 October 1962, Bamberg, Germany
1945, Jerusalem, Palestine [now Israel]
23 April 1980, Casablanca, Morocco
7 September 1931, Hyderabad, India
12 January 1966, Paris, France
26 September 1989, St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK
16 August 1965, Istanbul, Turkey
7 February 1984, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
21 December 1982, Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK
December 06, 2014
For those who miss the substance and scope of films like "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Man Who Would Be King," Philipp Stoelzl's "The Physician" restores one's faith in the medium - if not necessarily one's faith in faith.
December 01, 2014
Old fashioned, absurdly overlong, but a lovely recreation of the Dark Ages and an entertaining ride, thanks to Ben Kingsley, Stellan Skarsgard and Tom Payne.

