The Best of Men

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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.

  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release Date: 2012-08-16
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 7
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