One Life

Director:
James Hawes

Visiting Prague in December 1938, young London broker Nicky Winton 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. Nicky 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 lives haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety in England. But a live BBC television show, ‘That’s Life!’, might make him come to terms with the guilt and grief he had carried for five decades...

Director:
James Hawes
Cast:
Anthony Hopkins
Johnny Flynn
Lena Olin
Romola Garai
Helena Bonham Carter
Country:
United Kingdom
Running time:
109 minute
Section:
TIFF Edition:
2024