One Life (2023)

Directed by

James Hawes

Genre

drama film, biographical film, historical film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 968 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An older man looks back on how, as a young stockbroker in the late 1930s, he helped rescue hundreds of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. The film cuts between his present-day memories and the urgent rescue effort itself.

bittersweettenderreflectiverestraineddignifiedemotionalinspiringhistorical

What happens

One Life is a 2023 biographical drama film directed by James Hawes. Based on the true story of British humanitarian Nicholas Winton, the film alternates between following Anthony Hopkins as a 79-year old Winton reminiscing on his past, and Johnny Flynn as a 29-year old Winton who successfully helps 669 predominantly Jewish children in German-occupied Czechoslovakia to hide and flee in 1938–39, just before the beginning of World War II. Helena Bonham Carter, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp and Jonathan Pryce co-star in supporting roles. One Life had its world première at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2023, and its European première at the 2023 London Film Festival. It was released in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2024 by Warner Bros. Pictures, and later in the United States on 15 March 2024 by Bleecker Street. The film received mostly positive reviews, with praise for the performances of the cast, particularly Hopkins and Bonham Carter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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