The Physician (2013)

Olivier Martinez: Shah Ala ad Daula

Quotes 

• Rob Cole : The plague doesn't care if you're rich or poor, common man or nobleman or head of state. But it's reached Ispahan. No wall, however thick, will stop it.

  Shah Ala ad Daula : Are you threatening me, Englishman?

  Rob Cole : Not a threat, my lord. A promise.

• Rob Cole : [after surgery]  My lord, to stand any chance of survival, you must rest.

  Shah Ala ad Daula : The hour of my demise is already waiting. Thanks to you, the angel of death will not find me in bed like a simpering old man, but on the battlefield like a king.

• Shah Ala ad Daula : [smoking opium]  Only the road of excess can lead to the palace of wisdom.