The Physician - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "The Physician"
The Physician (2013)
Timing:
2:35 (155 min)
7.338/10
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Actors and characters
Michael Marcus
Character Mirdin
Martin Hancock
Character Merlin
Adam Thomas Wright
Character Rob Cole (10 Years)
Jodie McNee
Character Agnes Cole
Aidan Kelly
Character Priest
Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni
Character Mirdin's Father
Rabii Benjhail Tadlaoui
Character Jew in Caravan
Peter Bankolé
Character Mano Dayak
Renu Setna
Character Quasim
Franz Dinda
Character Merlin's Apprentice
Ramin Yazdani
Character Rabbi
Sahin Eryilmaz
Character Fat Hakim
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on the plot of the novel of the same name by American writer Noah Gordon.
- For location shooting of the film, the crew traveled to Morocco and East Germany. In the eastern part of Germany, one of the last 11th-century castles in Europe has been preserved, which was perfectly suited to depict England of that era. Morocco transforms into Persia on the cinema screens.
- The pursuit of authenticity in location shooting led to a year-long delay in production: due to unrest in Arab countries, filming scheduled for spring 2011 in Morocco had to be postponed.
- The real historical Abu Ali Ibn-Sina (Avicenna) died of a stomach ailment, which he was ultimately unable to cure.
- In the film, the barber Barber is cured of cataracts by Jewish doctors, after which he sees well again. In reality, in the Middle Ages, although cataract operations were performed, removing the clouded part of the lens with a spatula, thus opening access to light into the eyeball, it only allowed one to distinguish between light and shadow. After all, the lens itself, being destroyed, no longer performed any visual function.
- Appendectomy was first performed only in the 18th century.
- The real historical Ala al-Dawla was not a “shah,” but the emir of Isfahan, who in reality fought not the Seljuks, but the Afghans of Mahmud of Ghazni and his successor Masud I.
- In the final episodes of the film, which are set shortly after 1037 (the death of Avicenna), the walls and towers of the Tower of London are clearly visible, although they were actually built only during the reign of King Richard the Lionheart (1189–1199).
- On the streets of London, guards are visible wearing iron helmets resembling hats, which did not become widespread until much later.
- The tale of Aladdin and the magic lamp was not originally included in the collection of “One Thousand and One Nights.” It is a later Western “addition” that first appeared in a French adaptation in the early 18th century.
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