Synopsis
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.
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| Amazon VOD: | Amazon |
| Google Play: | Google Play |
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Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | December 5th, 2014 (Limited) by Wrekin Hill Entertainment |
| Video Release: | March 17th, 2015 by Paramount Home Video |
| MPAA Rating: | R for some violent content, sexuality/nudity and brief language. (Rating bulletin 2348 (Cert #49481), 11/12/2014) |
| Running Time: | 150 minutes |
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| Keywords: | 1000s, Set in London, Set in England |
| Source: | Based on Fiction Book/Short Story |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Wrekin Hill Entertainment, Universal Pictures International, UFA Cinema, Degeto Film, Beta Cinema, Cinepostproduction, Pixomondo, Cine Mobil, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Mitteldeutsche Medienfoerderung, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmforderungsanstalt, Deutscher Filmfoerderfonds |
| Production Countries: | Germany |
| Languages: | Arabic, English, Hebrew |