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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.
Original title The Best of Men
IMDb Rating 7.9 1,843 votes
TMDb Rating 6.897 29 votes
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Cast
Dr. Ludwig Guttmann
Private William Heath
Corporal Wynne Bowen
Sister Edwards
Dr. Cowan
General Blake
Sergeant 'Q' Hills
Else Guttmann
Windmill Girl (uncredited)
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