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.
Movie Info
Release Date: 8/16/2012
Runtime: 90 min
Top 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)
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