---
title: 'The Physician (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Philipp Stölzl'
released: '2013-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 150
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-physician-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2101473/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Physician (2013)

2013 · 150 min · Drama, Adventure, History · Germany


## Synopsis

The Physician is a 2013 English-language 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Philipp Stölzl](https://cinepixo.com/people/philipp-stolzl)
- **Screenplay:** [Noah Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/noah-gordon), [Christoph Müller](https://cinepixo.com/people/christoph-muller), [Jan Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-berger)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ingo Ludwig Frenzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingo-ludwig-frenzel)
- **Producer:** [Nico Hofmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/nico-hofmann), [Wolf Bauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-bauer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hagen Bogdanski](https://cinepixo.com/people/hagen-bogdanski)
- **Editor:** [Sven Budelmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-budelmann)

## Cast

- [Ercan Durmaz](https://cinepixo.com/people/ercan-durmaz)
- [Olivier Martinez](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-martinez) as Muhammad ibn Rustam Dushmanziyar
- [Ben Kingsley](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-kingsley) as Avicenna
- [Claudia Fritzsche](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudia-fritzsche)
- [Peter Bankole](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-bankole) as Mano Dayak
- [Sybille Schedwill](https://cinepixo.com/people/sybille-schedwill) as Neighbour Woman
- [Stellan Skarsgård](https://cinepixo.com/people/stellan-skarsgard) as Barber
- [Tom Payne](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-payne) as Rob Cole/Jesse Ben Benjamin
- [Ramin Yazdani](https://cinepixo.com/people/ramin-yazdani) as Rabbi
- [Fahri Yardım](https://cinepixo.com/people/fahri-yard-m) as Davout Hossein
- [Michael Marcus](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-marcus) as Mirdin
- [Wilfried Hochholdinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilfried-hochholdinger) as Tavern Guest
- [Barbara Philipp](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-philipp)
- [Renu Setna](https://cinepixo.com/people/renu-setna) as Quasim
- [Makram Khoury](https://cinepixo.com/people/makram-khoury) as Imam

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Official site: http://movies.universal-pictures-international-germany.de/medicus/web2/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-physician-2013
Film facts: Wikidata (Q5952747); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.