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Film · 2012
The Best of Men
1h 30mDirected by Tim Whitby
- Drama
- History
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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Cast
Eddie MarsanDr. Ludwig Guttmann
George MacKayPrivate William Heath
Rob BrydonCorporal Wynne Bowen
Niamh CusackSister Edwards
Richard McCabeDr. Cowan
Nicholas JonesGeneral Blake
Tristan SturrockSergeant 'Q' Hills
Tracy-Ann ObermanElse Guttmann
Kim ChapmanWindmill Girl (uncredited)
Details
- Director
- Tim Whitby
- Writer
- Lucy Gannon
- Music
- Mark Russell
- Cinematography
- Matt Gray
- Editor
- Dave Thrasher
- Producer
- Harriet Davison
- Release
- August 16, 2012
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Language
- English
- Studio
- BBC, Whitby Davison Productions Ltd.
- TMDB score
- 6.9 / 10 from 30 votes
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