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The Best of Men( 2012)

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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.

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      Eddie Marsan

      Dr. Ludwig Guttmann

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      George MacKay

      Private William Heath

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      Rob Brydon

      Corporal Wynne Bowen

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      Niamh Cusack

      Sister Edwards

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      Richard McCabe

      Dr. Cowan

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      Nicholas Jones

      General Blake

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      Tristan Sturrock

      Sergeant 'Q' Hills

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      Tracy-Ann Oberman

      Else Guttmann

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Fri Jul 12 2024
    Eddie Marsan is really very good here as the pioneering spinal surgeon Dr. Ludwig Guttmann who fled the Nazis and helped established the world renowned hospital at Stoke Mandeville. At the time, that was a converted stately home used for recuperating soldiers injured during the Second World War. The treatment consisted largely of leaving these young men in bed, sedated, with little hope and even less opportunity to improve. His approach was very much more proactive. No more doping, moping or lying about in bed all day. Physical activity was positively encouraged and over a period of time these ...

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    English

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    Keywords

    • paralympics
    • rehabilitation
    • medicine
    • biography