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One Life

One Life

7.8/ 10

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2023

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109 min

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History
Drama

Overview

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

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Keywords

world war ii
deportation
czechoslovakia
biography
based on true story
refugee train
war hero
nazi invasion
jewish family
kindertransport
jewish refugee
1930s
semi-biographical
pre-war
jewish history
jews
nazi germany
jews in hiding
dramatic
jewish child
jewish community
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Reviews(5)

7.6avg rating
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Manuel São Bento

@msbreviews

October 13, 2023

8
8/10

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/one-life-bfi-london-film-festival-review-a-must-watch-important-wwii-story/ "One Life is yet another important story from WWII that deserves to be seen on the big screen. Despite not breaking genre barriers, it unfolds its narrative in a captiv

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

January 11, 2024

7
7/10

Johnny Flynn performs quite well here as the young stockbroker Nicholas Winton who arrives in Prague just as the Nazis annexe the Sudetenland. He is horrified by the child poverty that he sees and decides, perhaps naively, to work with his British Refugee Council colleagues to try and expedite their

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r96sk

r96sk

January 19, 2024

8
8/10

A touching picture featuring Anthony Hopkins. <em>'One Life'</em> is <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/schindlers-list/" rel="nofollow">Schindler's List</a>'</em>-esque, though perhaps more of a grounded portrayal of such events without the proper Hollywood-ness drama that that aforementi

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Brent Marchant

@Brent_Marchant

March 27, 2024

6
6/10

For some of us, there’s no stopping when it comes to seeing through on a mission of vital importance. So it was in 1938, when a dedicated English stockbroker selflessly enabled the successful escape of 669 children (mostly Jewish) from Prague not long after the Third Reich “annexed” Czechoslovakia’s

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tmdb51616167

September 10, 2024

9
9/10

#MovieReview #OneLifeMovie Deciding to watch "One Life" with a group of young boys turned out to be a challenge, as they were not keen on sitting through a historical film. Despite the initial hesitation, the movie proved to be a captivating true story that left a lasting impact. The film foll

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