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.
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Cast
- 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
- Kim ChapmanWindmill Girl (uncredited)
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- Tim WhitbyDirector
- Lucy GannonWriter
- Matt GrayDirector of Photography
- Mark RussellOriginal Music Composer
- Dave ThrasherEditor
- Harriet DavisonProducer
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