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.
Director and cast
- Tim Whitby Director
- Eddie Marsan as Dr. Ludwig Guttmann
- George MacKay as Private William Heath
- Rob Brydon as Corporal Wynne Bowen
- Niamh Cusack as Sister Edwards
- Richard McCabe as Dr. Cowan
- Tracy-Ann Oberman as Else Guttmann
- Nicholas Jones as General Blake
- Tristan Sturrock as Sergeant 'Q' Hills
- Kim Chapman as Windmill Girl (uncredited)
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