The Best of Men
Drama
History
Lenguage:90 min
Duration:en
Release date:Aug 16, 2012
Calificacion:7.0
Description:
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.
Cast
Eddie MarsanDr. Ludwig Guttmann
George MacKayPrivate William Heath
Rob BrydonCorporal Wynne Bowen
Niamh CusackSister Edwards
Richard McCabeDr. Cowan
Nicholas JonesGeneral Blake
Tristan SturrockSergeant 'Q' Hills
Tracy-Ann ObermanElse Guttmann