The Best of Men (2012)
1h 30m
Running Time
August 16, 2012Release Date
The Best of Men (2012)
1h 30m
Running Time
August 16, 2012Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
George MacKay
Private William Heath
Bebe Sanders
Ruth
Leigh Quinn
Nurse Carr
Eddie Marsan
Dr Ludwig Guttmann
Ben Owen-Jones
Neil
Rob Brydon
Corporal Wynne Bowen
Tristan Sturrock
Sergeant 'Q' Hills
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Else Guttmann
David Proud
Jeremy
Niamh Cusack
Sister Edwards
Richard McCabe
Dr Cowan
Nicholas Jones
General Blake
Tim Whitby
Director
Lucy Gannon
Writer
Tom Lucy
Stunt Coordinator
Harriet Davison
Producer
Mark Russell
Composer
Matthew Read
Executive Producer
Matt Gray
Cinematographer
Dave Thrasher
Editor
Toby Whale
CastingDirector
Richard Hinton
Foley Artist
Sarah Hauldren
ProductionDesigner
Roisin Carty
Dialect Coach
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Best of Men is a 2012 period drama television film, which dramatizes the pioneering work of Dr Ludwig Guttmann with paraplegic patients at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, which led to the foundation of the Paralympic Games. It stars Eddie Marsan and Rob Brydon, and aired on BBC Two.