The Best of Men

Plot

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.

Cast

Eddie Marsan

Dr. Ludwig Guttmann

George MacKay

Private William Heath

Rob Brydon

Corporal Wynne Bowen

Niamh Cusack

Sister Edwards

Richard McCabe

Dr. Cowan

Nicholas Jones

General Blake

Tristan Sturrock

Sergeant 'Q' Hills

Tracy-Ann Oberman

Else Guttmann

Kim Chapman

Windmill Girl (uncredited)