One Life (2023 film)

One Life is an upcoming biographical film of British humanitarian Nicholas Winton, starring Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn as Winton, who due to his actions has been called “the British Oskar Schindler”.[1]

One Life
Directed byJames Hawes
Screenplay byLucinda Coxon Nick Drake
Based onIf It’s Not Impossible…The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton
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Distributed byFilmNation Entertainment
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

A British stockbroker visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of WWII, in an operation that came to be known as Kindertransport.

Cast

Production
The movie set of One Life at Prague Main Railway Station
The movie set of One Life at Prague Main Railway Station

In September 2020 Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn were announced as being attached to a bio-pic about Nicholas Winton called One Life. From a Lucinda Coxon and Nick Drake screenplay, Aisling Walsh was set to direct with See-Saw Films and BBC Films producing through executive producers Rose Garnett and Simon Gillis, and producers Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Joanna Laurie. FilmNation Entertainment and Cross City Films were to be managing international sales.[2] In September 2022 it was revealed that James Hawes was attached to direct his feature film debut whilst Helena Bonham Carter had joined the cast as Winton’s mother, Babi Winton. It was also revealed that Guy Heeley was on board as producer and that the screenplay was based on the book If It’s Not Impossible…The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton, written by his daughter Barbara Winton. Also announced as joining the cast were Jonathan Pryce, Romola Garai and Alex Sharp.[3] Filming took place in London in September 2022,[4] with principal photography also taking place in Prague.[5][6]

References
  1. "Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter Join World War II Drama 'One Life'". Collider. September 2022.
  2. "Anthony Hopkins & Johnny Flynn To Star In Holocaust Drama 'One Life' About Nicholas Winton, Who Saved 669 Children From The Nazis; See-Saw & FilmNation Launch For Toronto Market". Deadline. 9 September 2020.
  3. "Helena Bonham Carter Joins Anthony Hopkins And Johnny Flynn In Holocaust Rescue Drama 'One Life'; 'Black Mirror' Director James Hawes To Make Feature Debut". Deadline. September 2022.
  4. "Now Filming in London: September 2022". Filmlondon.org.
  5. "Nicholas Winton biopic 'One Life', with Anthony Hopkins, to shoot in Prague this autumn". Praguereporter.com.
  6. "One Life films in Prague and UK with Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn". KFTV.com.

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