The Best of Men
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6.9
90 minLudwig 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.
Country:
US, GBGenre:
Drama, HistoryReleased:
2012-08-16Languages:
EnglishCompanies:
BBCWhitby Davison Productions Ltd.