The Best of Men
IMDB:
7.0
Released
8/16/2012
Duration
1h 30m
Genre
Drama, History
Country
United Kingdom
Cast
Eddie Marsan, George MacKay, Rob Brydon
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.
The Best of Men
IMDB:
7.0Released
8/16/2012
Genre
Drama, History
Cast
Eddie Marsan, George MacKay, Rob Brydon
Duration
1h 30m
Country
United Kingdom
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.
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
Else Guttmann
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Windmill Girl (uncredited)
