A journey out of darkness into light
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.
- 7.3
- 2013
- Released
- 2h 35m
Tom Payne
Rob Cole
Ben Kingsley
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Stellan Skarsgård
Barber
Olivier Martinez
Shah Ala ad Daula
Emma Rigby
Rebecca
Elyas M'Barek
Karim
Fahri Yardım
Davout Hosein
Makram J. Khoury
Imam
Michael Marcus
Mirdin
Stanley Townsend
Bar Kappara
Emil Marwa
Tuveh Ben Meir
Martin Hancock
Merlin
Adam Thomas Wright
Rob Cole (10 Years)
Jodie McNee
Agnes Cole
Dominique Moore
Despina
Aidan Kelly
Priest
Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni
Mirdin's Father
Fatima Herandi Raouya
Mirdin's Mother
Rabii Benjhail Tadlaoui
Jew in Caravan
Peter Bankolé
Mano Dayak
Renu Setna
Quasim
Franz Dinda
Merlin's ApprenticeRamin Yazdani
Rabbi
Sahin Eryilmaz
Fat Hakim
Vincent Ebrahim
Tughrul
Michael Jibson
Stratford Monk
Released
en
$36,000,000.00
$57,300,000.00
- #based on novel or book
- #persia
- #jew persecution
- #historical figure
- #religious fundamentalism
- #teacher student relationship
- #middle ages (476-1453)
- #medieval
- #black death
- #medical student
- #11th century
- #medieval england
- #medieval physician
- #seljuk turks
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**It's a good movie, it entertains its audience well, but it's riddled with small historical errors that could easily have been corrected.** Films about medieval times are always nice to watch, especially for me, who have a great affection for this historical period, about which I did a specialization as a historian. Unfortunately, and as happens regularly, this movie is full of mistakes. Th