Directed by:
Philipp StölzlCinematography:
Hagen BogdanskiComposer:
Ingo Ludwig FrenzelCast:
Tom Payne, Stellan Skarsgård, Olivier Martinez, Emma Catherine Rigby, Ben Kingsley, Elyas M'Barek, Fahri Yardim, Makram Khoury, Michael Marcus, Ramin Yazdani (more)VOD (2)
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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 (Stellan Skarsgård), it is the dazzling surgery of a Jewish physician trained by the legendary Persian physician Avicenna (Ben Kingsley) 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. (Arrow Films)
(more)Cast
![Tom Payne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/667/163667129_df25a7.jpg)
Tom Payne
UK
Best movies:
Wuthering Heights (2009) (TV movie)
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
![Stellan Skarsgård](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/671/163671628_d25108.jpg)
Stellan Skarsgård
Sweden
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Dune: Part Two (2024)
![Olivier Martinez](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272129_02c4e7.jpg)
Olivier Martinez
France
Best movies:
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
1, 2, 3, Freeze (1993)
Before Night Falls (2000)
![Emma Catherine Rigby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886932_9473ec.jpg)
Emma Catherine Rigby
UK
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
A Guide to Second Date Sex (2019)
![Ben Kingsley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/054/164054958_bb9e5d.jpg)
Ben Kingsley
UK
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Shutter Island (2010)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
![Elyas M'Barek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/755/168755059_oetul7.jpg)
Elyas M'Barek
West Germany
Best movies:
The Wave (2008)
Time You Change (2010)
Who Am I - No System Is Safe (2014)
![Fahri Yardim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/886/93886089_b6b6ca.jpg)
Fahri Yardim
West Germany
Best movies:
Head Full of Honey (2014)
Mogadishu Welcome (2008) (TV movie)
Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011)
Makram Khoury
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (2023)
Munich (2005)
Lemon Tree (2008)
![Michael Marcus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/650/158650554_b2d7cd.jpg)
Michael Marcus
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Their Finest (2016)
![Ramin Yazdani](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/244/160244302_e4ca1e.jpg)
Ramin Yazdani
Iran
Best movies:
Time You Change (2010)
Stations of the Cross (2014)
Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush (2022)
![Aaron Kissiov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/352/160352775_5532c4.jpg)
Aaron Kissiov
Best movies:
The Voices (2014)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Pinocchio (2013) (TV movie)
Mohammad-Ali Behboudi
Iran
Best movies:
Guys and Balls (2004)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Sybille Schedwill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/545/159545702_f261b2.jpg)
Sybille Schedwill
West Germany
Best movies:
The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
The Treasure of the White Falcons (2005)
Guys and Balls (2004)
![Wilfried Hochholdinger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/611/159611801_534899.jpg)
Wilfried Hochholdinger
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
The Tunnel (2001)
![Ercan Durmaz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/637/159637626_6302d1.jpg)
Ercan Durmaz
Turkey
Best movies:
Head Burst (2019)
Lilly the Witch 2 - Journey to Mandolan (2011)
Sprung ins Leben (2014) (TV movie)
![Barbara Philipp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/647/159647580_e9bfb9.jpg)
Barbara Philipp
West Germany
Best movies:
Home from Home - Chronicle of a Vision (2013)
The Reader (2008)
System Crasher (2019)
![Claudia Fritzsche](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/812/159812226_847d46.jpg)
Claudia Fritzsche
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
Rabbit Without Ears (2007)
Lilly the Witch 2 - Journey to Mandolan (2011)
![Stanley Townsend](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/274/161274197_051173.jpg)
Stanley Townsend
Ireland
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
![Michael Jibson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/874/160874685_160ee1.jpg)
Michael Jibson
UK
Best movies:
Hatfields & McCoys (2012) (series)
1917 (2019)
The Bank Job (2008)
Irshad Panjatan
India
Best movies:
Free Rainer (2007)
Kebab Connection (2004)
Manitou's Shoe (2001)