TMDb Rating
7.0/10
28 verified votes
The Best of Men (2012)
DramaHistory
90 min
Plot Summary
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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Keywords to include
DramaHistoryTim WhitbyEddie MarsanGeorge MacKay2012
Director
Tim Whitby
Top Cast
Eddie MarsanGeorge MacKayRob BrydonNiamh CusackRichard McCabe
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