The Physician
German title: Der Medicus
Spain title: El médico
Russian title: Лекарь: Ученик Авиценны
Original title: The Physician
Spain title: El médico
Russian title: Лекарь: Ученик Авиценны
Original title: The Physician
Drama – Germany
Production year: 2012
Movie length: 150 minutes
Production year: 2012
Movie length: 150 minutes
Director: Philipp Stölzl
Writer: Jan Berger, Noah Gordon
Cinematograph: Hagen Bogdanski
Music: Ingo Frenzel (Ingo Ludwig Frenzel)
Writer: Jan Berger, Noah Gordon
Cinematograph: Hagen Bogdanski
Music: Ingo Frenzel (Ingo Ludwig Frenzel)
Movie description:
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.
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.
This engrossing book traces the life of 11th century Englishman, Robert Cole. Cole begins as a normal boy, 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.
This engrossing book traces the life of 11th century Englishman, Robert Cole. Cole begins as a normal boy, 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.
Boy Actors
Adam Thomas Wright
(Young Rob Cole, 9 years old)
(Young Rob Cole, 9 years old)
Birthday: 08.11.2000
Age of the actor:
approximately 11 years old
Age of the actor:
approximately 11 years old
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