Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (2012-08-16) |
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| Awards: | 1 win & 2 nominations |
| Screen: | Lucy Gannon |
| Productions: | BBC, Whitby Davison Productions Ltd. |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Crews
- 1124098: Harriet Davison - Producer - Production
- 159236: Lucy Gannon - Writer - Writing
- 2442415: Tracie Wright - Line Producer - Production
- 24255: Mark Russell - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 1321272: Matt Gray - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1718382: Dave Thrasher - Editor - Editing
- 1018958: Toby Whale - Casting - Production
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Eddie Marsan is really very good here as the pioneering spinal surgeon Dr. Ludwig Guttmann who fled the Nazis and helped established the world renowned hospital at Stoke Mandeville. At the time, that was a converted stately home used for recuperating soldiers injured during the Secon ....
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