The Best of Men
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Synopsis: 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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Released: 2012-08-16
Runtime: 90 minutes
Status: Released
Rating: 4.3
Production Companies:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Whitby Davison Productions Ltd.