About The Best of Men
- Released on August 16, 2012
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.
Full Cast of The Best of Men
Eddie Marsan plays Dr. Ludwig Guttmann
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Rob Brydon plays Corporal Wynne Bowen
Niamh Cusack plays Sister Edwards
Richard McCabe plays Dr. Cowan
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Tracy-Ann Oberman plays Else Guttmann
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