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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
It is the Dark Ages, and the Church is fighting against 'black magic'. The medical knowledge of Greek physicians like Hippocrates and Galen had been lost to the Medieval medicine of Western Europe. In 11th-century England, travelling barber surgeons attempted to supply medical care to the ordinary population, often at the risk of the Church persecuting them for witchcraft.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Stellan Skarsgård
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Emma Rigby
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Aidan Kelly
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