Movie: The Best of Men

Top 8 Billed Cast

Eddie Marsan
Eddie Marsan

Dr. Ludwig Guttmann

George MacKay
George MacKay

Private William Heath

Rob Brydon
Rob Brydon

Corporal Wynne Bowen

Niamh Cusack
Niamh Cusack

Sister Edwards

Richard McCabe
Richard McCabe

Dr. Cowan

Nicholas Jones
Nicholas Jones

General Blake

Tristan Sturrock
Tristan Sturrock

Sergeant 'Q' Hills

Tracy-Ann Oberman
Tracy-Ann Oberman

Else Guttmann

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    The Best of Men

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2012-08-16

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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    English
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