Une vie

Original title: One Life

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The story of Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued Jewish children from the Nazis.

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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

33K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,117

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination total

Videos5

One Life: Stories From The Heart (Featurette)

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One Life: That's Life (Featurette)

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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
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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

9/10

Heartbreaking & Heartwarming

I rarely concern myself with the opinions of others, especially professional critics, but some of the negative reviews I've read about this are churlish to say the least. I think one of the big positives of this film is that it just tells the story. Most of us in UK probably know the story of Sir Nicholas Winton and how he organised the transport of 669 Czech Jewish children to relative safety in the UK in the face of the Nazi onslaught in the Sudetenland and Czechoslovakia. Despite what some suggest, it clearly shows that this is a team effort led by Winton's persistence and determination; it does not make him out to be the sole hero. However, as important as the evacuations is the story about how it came into the British consciousness via the quirky 1970s BBC TV show, 'That's Life.' It truly is something that needed to be told, then and now, and is done so in a suitably serious nut heartwarming manner. Do go and see it and do be prepared for the final scenes.