The Best of Men

Movie
Audience Score
70
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NR 1 hr 30 minDrama, History
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.
StarringEddie MarsanGeorge MacKayRob Brydon
DirectorTim Whitby
WriterLucy Gannon

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Matthew Read
Production Companies:BBC, Whitby Davison Productions Ltd.
The Best of Men on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
biographymedicinerehabilitationparalympics