Movie Description

The Best of Men

(2012)

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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Original TitleThe Best of Men

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2012-08-16

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 30m

Homepagehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m1jqd

Production CompaniesBBC,Whitby Davison Productions Ltd.

Genres

  • Drama
  • History