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‘One Life’ Review: Anthony Hopkins In The Moving And Inspiring Story Of One Man Who Saved 669 Children In 1938 And Kept It Secret For 50 Years
A review of 'One Life', the inspiring true story of a genuine hero played by Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn who saved 669 young lives during WW2
By now the inspiring story of Sir Nicholas Winton and the 669 children he saved from near certain death at the hand of the Nazis on the eve of World War II in Europe has been well told in books, documentaries, television programs, a 60 Minutes segment, and many other ways. That is where this film starts as we meet Winton ( Anthony Hopkins) , then 79 years old before going into flashbacks to tell the story of the young man when he was 29 ( Johnny Flynn plays the younger version) and on vacation where he discovered the plight of Czechoslovakian refugees living in dire circumstances as Hitler was on the precipice of invading the country and war could soon break out. Winton, like Oskar Schindler, was one of the rare ordinary heroes in a time of unimaginable horror who stepped up to prove every life is precious and worth herculean efforts to save.
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