One Life (2023 film)
One Life is a 2023 biographical drama film about British humanitarian Nicholas Winton, starring Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn as Winton. The film follows Winton as he looks back on his past efforts to help groups of Jewish children in German-occupied Czechoslovakia to hide and flee in 1938–39, just before the beginning of World War II. It also stars Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Jonathan Pryce, and Helena Bonham Carter in supporting roles. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2023, and its European premiere at the 2023 London Film Festival, followed by a theatrical release in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2024 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Synopsis
A British stockbroker visits Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport. Cast
  Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton
 Johnny Flynn as young Nicholas Winton
 Helena Bonham Carter as Babi Winton 
 Lena Olin as Grete Winton
 Jonathan Pryce as Martin Blake
 Ziggy Heath as young Martin Blake
 Romola Garai as Doreen Warriner
 Alex Sharp as Trevor Chadwick
 Samantha Spiro as Esther Rantzen

Production

In September 2020 Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn were announced as being attached to a bio-pic about Nicholas Winton called One Life. From a Lucinda Coxon and Nick Drake screenplay, Aisling Walsh was set to direct with See-Saw Films and BBC Film producing through executive producers Rose Garnett and Simon Gillis, and producers Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Joanna Laurie. FilmNation Entertainment and Cross City Films were to be managing international sales. In September 2022 it was revealed that James Hawes was attached to direct his feature film debut whilst Helena Bonham Carter had joined the cast as Winton’s mother, Babi Winton. It was also revealed that Guy Heeley was on board as producer and that the screenplay was based on the book If It’s Not Impossible…The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton, written by his daughter Barbara Winton. Also announced as joining the cast were Jonathan Pryce, Romola Garai and Alex Sharp. Filming took place in London in September 2022, with principal photography also taking place in Prague. Reception

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British biographical drama films
British historical drama films
British war drama films
Films about Jews and Judaism
Films set in the 1930s
Films shot in London
Films shot in Prague
World War II films based on actual events
Rescue of Jews during the Holocaust