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The Best of Men

The Best of Men

📅 2012🌐 ENMovie

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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.

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🎬 Type: Movie

📅 Year: 2012

Rating: 6.9/10

Cast

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Eddie Marsan

Dr. Ludwig Guttmann

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George MacKay

Private William Heath

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Rob Brydon

Corporal Wynne Bowen

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Niamh Cusack

Sister Edwards

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Richard McCabe

Dr. Cowan

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Nicholas Jones

General Blake

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Tristan Sturrock

Sergeant 'Q' Hills

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Tracy-Ann Oberman

Else Guttmann

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