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The Best of Men
Film / 2012

The Best of Men

Directed by Tim Whitby
DramaHistory

★ 6.9/10Audience rating

Ludwig Guttmann, a renowned German neurosurgeon who fled Nazi Germany in the early days of WWII, takes a position at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire, England in 1944 and begins to transform the lives of his patients, paralyzed soldiers that have been written-off and who are facing death from neglect. A breakthrough comes when Dr. Guttmann introduces sport into their rehabilitation, a breakthrough that leads to the founding of the Paralympic Games.

The story

Ludwig Guttmann, a renowned German neurosurgeon who fled Nazi Germany in the early days of WWII, takes a position at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire, England in 1944 and begins to transform the lives of his patients, paralyzed soldiers that have been written-off and who are facing death from neglect. A breakthrough comes when Dr. Guttmann introduces sport into their rehabilitation, a breakthrough that leads to the founding of the Paralympic Games.

Cast

Eddie MarsanDr. Ludwig Guttmann George MacKayPrivate William Heath Rob BrydonCorporal Wynne Bowen Niamh CusackSister Edwards Richard McCabeDr. Cowan Nicholas JonesGeneral Blake Tristan SturrockSergeant 'Q' Hills Tracy-Ann ObermanElse Guttmann Kim ChapmanWindmill Girl (uncredited)

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