The Best of Men

    The Best of Men
    2012

    Synopsis

    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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    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

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