![]() ![]() A hearty historical epic that pits intellectual progress against the stifling influence of world religions, this absorbing adaptation of Noah Gordon’s international bestseller - better known abroad, where the film has earned more than 3.5 million admissions, airing on German television in its full four-hour form - tells of a lowly English urchin who travels halfway around the globe to study under Persian thinker Ibn Sina. ![]() For those who miss the substance and scope of films like “Lawrence of Arabia” and “The Man Who Would Be King,” Philipp Stoelzl’s “ The Physician” restores one’s faith in the medium - if not necessarily one’s faith in faith. ![]()
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