The Best of Men (2012)

ALL 08/16/2012 (en) Drama, History 90 Min
  • Release
    08/16/2012
  • Production
    BBC, Whitby Davison Productions Ltd.
  • Rotten tomato
    70%
  • Original title
    The Best of Men
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Tim Whitby

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Dave Thrasher

    Editor

  4. Harriet Davison

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Eddie Marsan

    Dr. Ludwig Guttmann

  2. George MacKay

    Private William Heath

  3. Rob Brydon

    Corporal Wynne Bowen

  4. Niamh Cusack

    Sister Edwards

  5. Richard McCabe

    Dr. Cowan

  6. Nicholas Jones

    General Blake

  7. Tristan Sturrock

    Sergeant 'Q' Hills

  8. Tracy-Ann Oberman

    Else Guttmann

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 8 , Crews : 27

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The Best of Men (2012) 90 Min

ALL 08/16/2012 (en)
Drama, History
  • Release 08/16/2012
  • Production
    BBC, Whitby Davison Productions Ltd.
  • Original title The Best of Men
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Tim Whitby

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Dave Thrasher

    Editor

  4. Harriet Davison

    Producer