Bleecker Street debuted the official trailer for One Life the biopic drama film starring Anthony Hopkins as British humanitarian Nicholas Winton known as the British Oscar Schindler, who helped save hundreds of Central European children from the Nazis on the eve of World War II.

Also starring in the film are Johnny Flynn, Line Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Marthe Keller, Jonathan Pryce, and Helena Bonham Carter.

Release Date

Directed by James Hawes, One Life world premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and will be released in theaters onm March 15, 2024.

Synopsis

Based on the book If It’s Not Impossible…: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton, One Life tells the incredible, emotional true story of Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton (Flynn), a young London broker who visits Prague in December 1938. In a race against time, Winton convinces Trevor Chadwick (Sharp) and Doreen Warriner (Garai) of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia to rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish children before Nazi occupation closes the borders. Fifty years later, Nicky (Hopkins) is haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety in England. It’s not until the BBC show “That’s Life!” re-introduces him to some of those he helped rescue that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he carried – all the while skyrocketing from anonymity to a national hero.

Reviews

Grading the film 4 of 5 stars in their review, Guardian wrote, “You’d need a heart of stone not to be touched by this extraordinary true story of Nicholas Winton, the “British Schindler”, and by the simplicity and heartfelt directness with which it’s told by screenwriters Nick Drake and Lucinda Coxon and director James Hawes. It’s a story of wartime Europe and postwar memory, and also a noble and inspired moment in the history of British popular TV.”

Official Trailer

Watch the official trailer for One Life