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.
“One Life” is a slow burn,
slowly establishing Winton’s modest character as a younger and older
man, but when it cracks open, it is a deeply moving portrait of true
human goodness. - Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service
“One Life” tells a story that needed to be told and tells it impeccably. - Mick LaSalle, San Fransisco Chronicle