IMDb
7.9 /10
2k votes


Drama · History · 2012 · 1h 30min
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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IMDb
7.9 /10
2k votes
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TMDB
6.9 /10
29 votes
Letterboxd
7.1 /10
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Weighted average
7.3/10