Presstv:
German writer and filmmaker Philipp Stolzl is preparing to produce a medieval
drama about the 11th century Iranian physician and scientist, Avicenna.
Philipp
Stolzl’s new project, The Physician, is the cinematic adaptation from the
American author Noah Gordon's 1986 novel of the same name.
The
movie that is set in the 11th century portrays a healer named Rob Cole who
travels across Europe to seek the scientific truth about illnesses and healing;
then in Persia he finds a new stage.
Renowned
American actor Ben Kingsley stars as the Persian physician Ibn Sina, who is
also known as the "doctor of all doctors." The Swedish actor Stellan
Skarsgard and French actor Olivier Martinez are also among the cast members of
this English-language movie.
Abu
Ali Sina (Ibn Sina), known with Latinized name Avicenna, was a Persian
polymath, physician and philosopher who wrote almost 450 treatises on a wide
range of subjects.
Avicenna’s
internationally renowned book The Canon of Medicine has been a medical
text-book studied in many medieval universities.
In
the medieval Islamic world, due to Avicenna's successful reconciliation between
the Aristotelianism and Neoplatonism, the Avicennism had eventually become the
leading school of Islamic philosophy with Avicenna becoming a central authority
on philosophy.
Written
by Jan Berger, The Physician that is now at the pre-production status is
scheduled to begin shooting in Morocco and Germany in June, 2012.
Source:
IBNA News Agency