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All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by Philipp Stolzl

Philipp Stolzl is known for adapting , the by published in 2014, for .
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the or the is better.
The Physician. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 1986 book
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The Physician
Noah Gordon, 1986
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The Physician
Philipp Stölzl, 2013

England, 1021. Rob Cole, a boy born in a miserable mining town, 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.

The Royal Game. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 1942 book, Chess Story
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Chess Story
Stefan Zweig, 1942
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The Royal Game
Philipp Stölzl, 2021

While the Nazi troops march into Vienna in 1938, the lawyer Josef Bartok hastily tries to escape to the USA with his wife but is arrested by the Gestapo. Bartok remains steadfast and refuses to cooperate with the Gestapo that requires confidential information from him. Thrown into solitary confinement, Bartok is psychologically tormented for months and begins to weaken.