BT-10. One Life
UK, Feature Film, 2023, 109 min
If something is not impossible, then there must be a way to do it…
Sir Nicholas Winton 1909-2015
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, a young London broker who visits Prague in December, 1938. In a race against time, Winton convinces Trevor Chadwick and Doreen Warriner 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. It’s not until a BBC show reintroduces him to some of those he helped rescue that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he carried — all while skyrocketing from anonymity to a national hero.
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Jonathan Pryce, Johnny Flynn, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Marthe Keller
Courtesy of Bleecker Street
Directed by James Hawes
Colorado Premiere