The Best of Men
2012 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 1,787 VOTES · DIR. Tim Whitby
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,288 lines
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00:01:33 Help me!
00:05:47 He's in there carrying on like he's royalty.
00:10:10 Listen to me.
00:13:31 No. I think not.
00:16:12 I hope you've had some sleep today. You're in for it.
00:20:07 "Be good, Guttmann. Do not upset the apple cart... monkey's toes."
00:24:34 where the arses are big
00:28:04 You could barely open your eyes last time. I'm off the morphine.
00:31:30 There we have another definition of surgical shock.
00:37:07 I believe it was Mr Cowan, Mr Cowan.
00:41:03 Davy? We have a bed for you here.
00:44:16 37 patients, two wards, and still they come.
00:49:25 Good night, gentlemen.
00:53:29 You mean he'll fall?
00:56:28 My nerve endings haven't grown. Mended.
00:59:35 I'd take this to the General Medical Council.
01:03:05 they do things a bit differently.
01:06:36 Liebling.
01:10:49 And Nurse Carr has been accepted as a student nurse.
01:13:42 Yeah, doing well, Davey. Great breathing exercise, the bassoon.
01:17:11 No. They wouldn't take me.
01:19:47 They're not all old. There's a little girl in a basket chair.
01:23:18 Welsh contingent, Poppa. Should be here by now.
01:27:28 You deserve it, boy. Whoo!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,288
Dialogue density14.3 lines / min
First line00:01:33
Final line01:27:28
Production Record
DirectorTim Whitby
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,787