The Best of Men

The Best of Men (2012)

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.

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  • Release Date: 2012-08-16
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Director: Tim Whitby

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Cast

  • Eddie Marsan

    Dr. Ludwig Guttmann

  • George MacKay

    Private William Heath

  • Rob Brydon

    Corporal Wynne Bowen

  • Niamh Cusack

    Sister Edwards

  • Richard McCabe

    Dr. Cowan

  • Nicholas Jones

    General Blake

  • Tristan Sturrock

    Sergeant 'Q' Hills

  • Tracy-Ann Oberman

    Else Guttmann

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