The Best of Men 2012
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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.
- Released: 2012-08-16
- Runtime: 90 minutes
- Genre: Drama, History
- Stars: Eddie Marsan, George MacKay, Rob Brydon, Niamh Cusack, Richard McCabe
- Director: Lucy Gannon, Harriet Davison, Tony Osborne, Emma Fryer, Siân Miller
