“One Life” is a biographical drama film based on the non-fiction book “If It’s Not Impossible... The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton” by Barbara Winton. Directed by James Hawes and starring...
“One Life” is a biographical drama film based on the non-fiction book “If It’s Not Impossible… The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton” by Barbara Winton. Directed by James Hawes and starring Anthony Hopkins’ stellar performance in the lead role, it is a simple human interest story that carries itself as humbly as its lead subject. In Czechoslovakia in 1938-9, a small group of people (Nicholas Winton is the best known as he was the last survivor of that group) are appalled by the plight of mainly Jewish refugees, and resolve to do something. Despite opposition from governments (German, Dutch, British and American) they manage to evacuate 669 children and provide them with foster families in the UK, where many of their descendants live to this day. Despite what some suggest, it clearly shows that this is a team effort led by Winton’s persistence and determination; it does not make him out to be the sole hero. However, as important as the evacuations is the story about how it came into the British consciousness via the quirky 1970s BBC TV show, ‘That’s Life.’ It truly is something that needed to be told, then and now, and is done so in a suitably serious nut heartwarming manner. Do go and see it.
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