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.
Eddie Marsan
as Dr. Ludwig Guttmann
George MacKay
as Private William Heath
Rob Brydon
as Corporal Wynne Bowen
Niamh Cusack
as Sister Edwards
Richard McCabe
as Dr. Cowan
Nicholas Jones
as General Blake
Tristan Sturrock
as Sergeant 'Q' Hills
Tracy-Ann Oberman
as Else Guttmann
