On the shelf
The Best of Men
2012Age guide: 15+
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See it on the shelfLudwig 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…
★ 6.9/10 · 30 TMDB audience ratings
Starring
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
Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers
CinemaSerf: Eddie Marsan is really very good here as the pioneering spinal surgeon Dr. Ludwig Guttmann who fled the Nazis and helped established the… Read full review