The Best of Men

Aug 16, 2012

1h 30m

★ 7.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

BBC

Whitby Davison Productions Ltd.

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Cast

Dr. Ludwig Guttmann

Eddie Marsan

Private William Heath

George MacKay

Corporal Wynne Bowen

Rob Brydon

Sister Edwards

Niamh Cusack

Dr. Cowan

Richard McCabe

General Blake

Nicholas Jones

Sergeant 'Q' Hills

Tristan Sturrock

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