One Life

The incredible true story of the ‘British Oscar Schindler’, Nicholas Winton, is brought to vivid life on screen with a nuanced yet towering performance from Anthony Hopkins. Winton travelled to Prague in 1938 as Hitler’s move towards war and the Final Solution made it a matter of life or death for his mission: to help move as many of Europe’s Jews to England as possible. Helped by his indomitable mother (Helena Bonham-Carter), he shuns the limelight, until a fateful episode of This Is Your Life reveals his bravery.

Anthony Hopkins, on a magisterial late career run with films like Armageddon Time, The Father and The Two Popes, brings great respect and subtlety to this tale of bravery and sacrifice. Backed by Johnny Flynn (Emma, Beast) as his younger self and Helena Bonham-Carter on grand form, this is an inspirational story that uncovers a packs a real emotional punch.