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The Best of Men

Not Rated Drama History

Starring: Eddie Marsan, George MacKay, Rob Brydon, Niamh Cusack, Richard McCabe

Writer: Lucy Gannon

Release Date:
August 16, 2012
Ratings:
7.0 / 10
Director:
Tim Whitby
Companies:
BBC

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.