Release Date

16 Aug, 2012

Runtime

01:30: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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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Actors

Eddie Marsan

George MacKay

Rob Brydon

Niamh Cusack

Richard McCabe

Nicholas Jones

Tristan Sturrock

Tracy-Ann Oberman

Crew

Harriet Davison

Lucy Gannon

Tracie Wright

Mark Russell

Matt Gray

Dave Thrasher

Toby Whale

Sarah Hauldren

Emma Fryer

Nicky Austin

Carol Cooper

Siân Miller

Russell Dewulf Booth

Will Cummins