The Best of Men

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.

• Lucy GannonWriter
• Mark RussellOriginal Music Composer
• Tim WhitbyDirector

• Eddie MarsanDr. Ludwig Guttmann
• George MacKayPrivate William Heath
• Rob BrydonCorporal Wynne Bowen
• Niamh CusackSister Edwards
• Richard McCabeDr. Cowan
• Nicholas JonesGeneral Blake
• Tristan SturrockSergeant 'Q' Hills
• Tracy-Ann ObermanElse Guttmann
• Kim ChapmanWindmill Girl (uncredited)