
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.
Release Date: 2012-08-16
Drama
History
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Official website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m1jqd
Casts

Eddie Marsan
as Dr. Ludwig Guttmann

George MacKay
as Private William Heath

Rob Brydon
as Corporal Wynne Bowen

Niamh Cusack
as Sister Edwards

Richard McCabe
as Dr. Cowan

Nicholas Jones
as General Blake

Tristan Sturrock
as Sergeant 'Q' Hills

Tracy-Ann Oberman
as Else Guttmann