The Best of Men

2012
The Best of Men
7.9| 1h30m| en| Drama, History
Storyline

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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  • The Best of Men Cast
Eddie Marsan as Dr. Ludwig Guttmann
George MacKay as Private William Heath
Rob Brydon as Corporal Wynne Bowen
Niamh Cusack as Sister Edwards
Richard McCabe as Dr. Cowan
Nicholas Jones as General Blake
Tristan Sturrock as Sergeant 'Q' Hills
Tracy-Ann Oberman as Else Guttmann