Directed by:
Tim WhitbyScreenplay:
Lucy GannonCinematography:
Matt GrayComposer:
Mark RussellCast:
Eddie Marsan, George MacKay, Rob Brydon, Niamh Cusack, Nigel Lindsay, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Richard McCabe, Nicholas Jones, Edmund Digby-JonesVOD (1)
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The Best of Men charts one remarkable doctor's transformation of care for paraplegics. An inspirational doctor arrives at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in 1944 and transforms the lives of his patients and staff. The patients are paralysed soldiers, written off and facing death from neglect, but their big breakthrough comes when Doctor Guttmann introduces sport into their rehabilitation. Guttmann rejects the general view that paralysis is a terminal condition and throws out the old care regime and soon establishes a new regime, getting all his patients to live fulfilling lives, using sport to help patients build physical strength as well as self-respect. This heart warming and uplifting true story of the birth of the Paralympic Games, follows Doctor Ludwig Guttmann, an unsung hero, who revolutionised life for paralysed people. (BBC)
(more)Cast
![Eddie Marsan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/409/162409833_ed5fcf.jpg)
Eddie Marsan
UK
Best movies:
The Gentlemen (2019)
21 Grams (2003)
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
![George MacKay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/060/165060257_eaff0b.jpg)
George MacKay
UK
Best movies:
1917 (2019)
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
Captain Fantastic (2016)
![Rob Brydon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/325/325356_5bf1fd.jpg)
Rob Brydon
UK
Best movies:
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
![Niamh Cusack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/525/159525541_d2552d.jpg)
Niamh Cusack
Ireland
Best movies:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2012) (theatrical recording)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
![Nigel Lindsay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/282/162282559_ef4d4d.jpg)
Nigel Lindsay
UK
Best movies:
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
![Tracy-Ann Oberman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/913/164913006_1f44dd.jpg)
Tracy-Ann Oberman
UK
Best movies:
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
Summerhill (2008) (TV movie)
Filth (2013)
![Richard McCabe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/258/166258600_93a8cf.jpg)
Richard McCabe
UK
Best movies:
The Audience (2013) (theatrical recording)
Wallander (2008) (series)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
![Nicholas Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/341/161341698_fdc38a.jpg)
Nicholas Jones
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Hornblower: Mutiny (2001) (TV movie)
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
Edmund Digby-Jones
Best movies:
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
A Song for Jenny (2015) (TV movie)
Misbehaviour (2020)