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

Robert 'Rob' Cole

Stellan Skarsgård

Barber

Olivier Martinez

Shah Ala ad Daula

Emma Rigby

Rebecca

Ben Kingsley

Ibn Sina

Elyas M'Barek

Karim

Fahri Yardım

Davout Hosein

Makram J. Khoury

Imam

Michael Marcus

Mirdin

Stanley Townsend

Bar Kappara

Emil Marwa

Tuveh Ben Meir

Martin Hancock

Merlin