The Light from the East

It has been more than a thousand years since the epoch of a genius scientist and humanist Abu Ali ibn Sino also known to the world as Avicenna. His unique heritage - the invaluable contribution to the development of a medicine and philosophy, mathematics and astronomy, chemistry, poetry and music. The further in time is the epoch of Avicenna for us the stronger becomes its significance. The documentary-narrative film "The Light from the East" is the attempt to cherish the great figure, the brilliant Central-Asian scientist-encyclopaedist.