The Best of Men

Movie
Audience Score
69
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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 writtenoff 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