The Best of Men
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- Drama
- History
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 16, 2012
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- BBC,Whitby Davison Productions Ltd.
- Cast
- Richard McCabe,Niamh Cusack,Tracy-Ann Oberman,Eddie Marsan,Nicholas Jones,Tristan Sturrock,George MacKay,Rob Brydon,Kim Chapman
- Director
- Tim Whitby
- Writer
- Lucy Gannon
- Producer
- Harriet Davison,Matthew Read
- Cinematography
- Matt Gray
- Music
- Mark Russell
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt2374835