Based on the book If It’s Not Impossible…: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton, ONE LIFE tells the incredible, emotional true story of Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton (Johnny Flynn), a young London broker who visits Prague in December 1938. In a race against time, Winton convinces Trevor Chadwick (Alex Sharp) and Doreen Warriner (Romola Garai) of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia to rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish children before Nazi occupation closes the borders. Fifty years later, Nicky (Anthony Hopkins) is haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety in England. It’s not until the BBC show “That’s Life!” re-introduces him to some of those he helped rescue that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he carried — all the while skyrocketing from anonymity to a national hero.
A remarkable World War II story elevated by a superb Anthony Hopkins.
Time Out
It is, unquestionably, Hopkins’s film.
London Evening Standard
| Genre |
DramaWar
|
| Runtime | 110 minutes |
| Rated | PG |
| Directed By | James Hawes |
| Starring | Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Marthe Keller |
| Language | English |
| Country |
UK
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