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 : Tim WhitbyCast : Eddie Marsan|George MacKay|Niamh Cusack|Nicholas Jones|Richard McCabe|Rob Brydon|Tracy-Ann Oberman|Tristan Sturrock
Genre : Drama
Release Date : 8/16/2012
Country : United Kingdom
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