Movielogr
The Best of Men (2012)
Directed by Tim Whitby
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.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Eddie Marsan | George MacKay | Rob Brydon | Niamh Cusack | Richard McCabe | Nicholas Jones | Tristan Sturrock | Tracy-Ann Oberman