The Physician (2013 film)

The Physician
Theatrical release poster
GermanDer Medicus
Directed byPhilipp Stölzl
Written by
Screenplay byJan Berger
Based onThe Physician by Noah Gordon
Produced byWolf Bauer
Nico Hofmann
Starring
CinematographyHagen Bogdanski
Edited bySven Budelmann
Music byIngo Ludwig Frenzel
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures International
Release date
  • 25 December 2013 (2013-12-25)
Running time
  • 150 minutes (Theater)
  • 180 minutes (TV series)
CountryGermany
LanguageEnglish
Budget$32 million
Box office$57,284,237

The Physician (German: Der Medicus) is a 2013 German historical drama film based on the novel of the same name by Noah Gordon. The film, co-written and directed by Philipp Stölzl, focuses on an orphan from an 11th-century English town whose mother died of side sickness. The boy vows to study medicine and decides to travel to Persia.

The film stars Tom Payne, Ben Kingsley (as physician Ibn Sina), Stellan Skarsgård, Olivier Martinez, and Emma Rigby in lead roles.

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