The Physician (2013) – Filming Locations
Adventure / Drama / History · Directed by Philipp Stölzl · Starring Tom Payne, Emma Rigby
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.
Where was The Physician filmed?
- Istanbul, Turkey, Istanbul – Rob Cole arrives in Isfahan (filmed as Istanbul) and explores the bustling marketplace and medieval streets. The historic bazaar and Ottoman-era streets serve as the stand-in for the film's main setting of Isfahan, Persia, providing authentic medieval Islamic architecture and atmosphere
- Marrakech, Morocco, Marrakech – Scenes depicting the Persian city of Isfahan and its medical school. Morocco's historic medina provided the filmmakers with authentic North African and Middle Eastern architecture to represent the medieval Persian setting without traveling to Iran
- Venice, Italy, Venice – Opening and closing sequences set in medieval Venice showing Rob Cole's early life and final return. Venice's iconic canals and Renaissance architecture establish the European framework of the story and provide contrast to the Persian sequences
- Rome, Italy, Rome – Scenes depicting medieval European religious and scholarly settings. Rome's ancient and medieval architecture was used to represent European Christendom in the early scenes establishing Rob Cole's background and medical training