The Best of Men

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Release date: August 16, 2012
Duration: 90 minutes
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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.

Starring

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Eddie Marsan
Dr. Ludwig Guttmann
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George MacKay
Private William Heath
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Rob Brydon
Corporal Wynne Bowen
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Niamh Cusack
Sister Edwards
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Richard McCabe
Dr. Cowan