Directed by:
James HawesScreenplay:
Lucinda CoxonCinematography:
Zac NicholsonComposer:
Volker BertelmannCast:
Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Lena Olin, Helena Bonham Carter, Jonathan Pryce, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Marthe Keller, Samuel Finzi, Michael Gould (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
One Life tells the true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker played by Johnny Flynn, who, along with Trevor Chadwick (played by Alex Sharp) and Doreen Warinner (played by Romola Garai) of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia, rescued 669 children from the Nazis in the months leading up to World War II,. Nicky visited Prague in December 1938 and found families who had fled the rise of the Nazis in Germany and Austria, living in desperate conditions with little or no shelter and food, and under threat of Nazi invasion. He immediately realised it was a race against time. How many children could he and the team rescue before the borders closed?
Fifty years later, it’s 1988 and Nicky (played by Anthony Hopkins) lives haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety in England; always blaming himself for not doing more. It’s not until a live BBC television show, ‘That’s Life!’, surprises him by introducing him to some surviving children – now adults – that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he had carried for five decades.
(Warner Bros. UK)
Cast
![Anthony Hopkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/297/165297927_22daa8.jpg)
Anthony Hopkins
UK
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Father (2020)
![Johnny Flynn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/579/162579680_4448e4.jpg)
Johnny Flynn
South Africa
Best movies:
Hangmen (2016) (theatrical recording)
One Life (2023)
The Outfit (2022)
![Lena Olin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/680/162680486_aeb291.png)
Lena Olin
Sweden
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
The Reader (2008)
![Helena Bonham Carter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/810/164810600_08af55.jpg)
Helena Bonham Carter
UK
Best movies:
Fight Club (1999)
The King's Speech (2010)
One Life (2023)
![Jonathan Pryce](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/126/164126959_528e9c.jpg)
Jonathan Pryce
UK
Best movies:
Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary (2016) (theatrical recording)
One Life (2023)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
![Romola Garai](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274212_ffa1b1.jpg)
Romola Garai
Hong Kong
Best movies:
King Lear (2008) (TV movie)
One Life (2023)
Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
![Alex Sharp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/932/164932624_a20581.jpg)
Alex Sharp
UK
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Living (2022)
![Marthe Keller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/903/162903593_a9c2ad.png)
Marthe Keller
Switzerland
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
Marathon Man (1976)
And Now My Love (1974)
![Samuel Finzi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/336/159336136_56054e.jpg)
Samuel Finzi
Bulgaria
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
One Life (2023)
The Captain (2017)
Michael Gould
UK
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
Wallander (2008) (series)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
![Henrietta Garden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/611/168611874_p6onjz.jpg)
Henrietta Garden
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
Taggart (1983) (series)
Maybe Baby (2000)
![Martin Bednár](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/393/168393042_u1wfwj.jpg)
Martin Bednár
Slovakia
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
Cuky Luky Film (2017)
![Jiří Šimek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/834/160834625_57ed5f.jpg)
Jiří Šimek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Actor (2020) (series)
Juliana Moska
Czech Republic
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
The Seven Ravens (2015)
Jan Palach (2018)
![Antonie Formanová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/716/162716502_7c420d.jpg)
Antonie Formanová
Czech Republic
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
Dukla 61 (2018) (TV movie)
Každý má svou pravdu (2023) (theatrical recording)
Matilda Thorpe
UK
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
Back to Black (2024)
Crush (2001)
Barbora Váchová
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
Jolana Jirotková
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
Past (2020) (TV movie)
Eliška a Damián (2023) (series)
![Michal Škach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/104/164104916_81be4a.jpg)
Michal Škach
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
Princess Cursed in Time (2020)
How Not to Marry a Princess (2021) (TV movie)
![Petr Jeništa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277786_5bb288.jpg)
Petr Jeništa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Stavrogin je ďábel (2005) (theatrical recording)
Rok na vsi (1995) (theatrical recording)
One Life (2023)