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.
Release Date: 2012-08-16
Original Language: en
Genres: Drama History
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Dr. Ludwig Guttmann
Private William Heath
Corporal Wynne Bowen
Sister Edwards
Dr. Cowan
General Blake
Sergeant 'Q' Hills
Else Guttmann