Overview
England, 1021: Born in a miserable mining town, Robert Cole 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.
Cast
- Tom Payne as Robert 'Rob' Cole
- Stellan Skarsgård as Barber
- Olivier Martinez as Shah Ala ad Daula
- Emma Rigby as Rebecca
- Ben Kingsley as Ibn Sina
- Elyas M'Barek as Karim
- Fahri Yardım as Davout Hosein
- Makram J. Khoury as Imam
- Michael Marcus as Mirdin
- Stanley Townsend as Bar Kappara