One Life (2023 film)
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| Directed by | James Hawes |
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| Based on | If It's Not Impossible…The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton |
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| Cinematography | Zac Nicholson |
| Edited by | Lucia Zucchetti |
| Music by | Volker Bertelmann |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom Czech Republic Australia United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $56.4 million |
One Life is a 2023 biographical drama film directed by James Hawes. Based on the true story of British humanitarian Nicholas Winton, the film alternates between following Anthony Hopkins as a 79-year old Winton reminiscing on his past, and Johnny Flynn as a 29-year old Winton who successfully helps 669 predominantly Jewish children in German-occupied Czechoslovakia to hide and flee in 1938–39, just before the beginning of World War II. Helena Bonham Carter, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp and Jonathan Pryce co-star in supporting roles.
One Life had its world première at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2023, and its European première at the 2023 London Film Festival. It was released in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2024 by Warner Bros. Pictures, and later in the United States on 15 March 2024 by Bleecker Street. The film received mostly positive reviews, with praise for the performances of the cast, particularly Hopkins and Bonham Carter.