One Life

2023
12A
1h 49m

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7.5/10

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Docudrama Period Drama Biography Drama History

Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

29K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,312

288

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins

Videos5

One Life: Stories From The Heart (Featurette)

Featurette 1:29

One Life: That's Life (Featurette)

Photos98

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Trivia
Helena Bonham Carter's maternal grandfather, Eduardo Proper de Callejon, also rescued many Jews from the Holocaust, by forging Spanish exit visas.

Goofs
In 1938 Nicky answers his phone at home and straight away speaks to his friend calling from Czechoslovakia. At that time all trunk (long distance) and international calls to and from the UK were operator-connected and there would have been a delay before the two parties could speak to each other.

Quotes
Doreen Warriner: I don't know what you're doing, but if you're doing what I think you're doing, I don't want to know.

Crazy credits
PROLOGUE: "In 1938, Hitler occupies Austria and demand possession of a region of Czechoslovakia: the Sudetenland."

"The leaders of Britain, France, and Italy agreed to his demand in the hope of avoiding war."

"The next day, Hitler's troops cross the border into Czechoslovakia."

"Tens of thousands of refugees flee towards unoccupied Prague."

"Many of them families with children."

Connections
Featured in Amanda the Jedi Show: I ALMOST Walked Out | The Best and Worst of TIFF 2023 (2023)

Soundtracks
Così fan tutte, K. 588 / Act II: Donne mie, la fate a tanti
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Adam Plachetka, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Under licence from Universal Music Operations Ltd

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Featured review

8/10

Powerful

All One Life has to do to honour its true story is tell it with care and competency and that's exactly what it does. This is a deeply affecting story of selfless people who did everything they could to save as many people as possible whilst others just ignored what was going on.

Anthony Hopkins is on terrific form here. He embodies the selflessness effortlessly and brings a heartbreaking sense of defeat, focusing on what he could've done rather than what he achieved. He's also one of the rare actors who can make you cry by bringing on the waterworks, when he cries you cry.

In the flashbacks Johnny Flynn is an extremely convincing younger version of Hopkins with that same desire to always do more. Helena Bonham Carter gets a loveable role supporting Flynn with a stern determination and refusal to take no for an answer.

James Hawes directs with a level of technical competency that's designed to go unnoticed. The production value is reminiscent of a high end BBC production, which is obviously very fitting and the pacing is really strong. Undoubtedly helped by spending the majority of the time in the flashbacks which are rife with tension.