paralympics,rehabilitation,medicine,biography

The Best of Men (2012)

Poster for The Best of Men

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Tim Whitby
  • Profile picture of Eddie Marsan
    Dr. Ludwig Guttmann Eddie Marsan
  • Profile picture of George MacKay
    Private William Heath George MacKay
  • Profile picture of Rob Brydon
    Corporal Wynne Bowen Rob Brydon
  • Profile picture of Niamh Cusack
    Sister Edwards Niamh Cusack
  • Profile picture of Richard McCabe
    Dr. Cowan Richard McCabe
  • Profile picture of Nicholas Jones
    General Blake Nicholas Jones
  • Profile picture of Tristan Sturrock
    Sergeant 'Q' Hills Tristan Sturrock
  • Profile picture of Tracy-Ann Oberman
    Else Guttmann Tracy-Ann Oberman

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Keywords

  • paralympics
  • rehabilitation
  • medicine
  • biography