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ONE LIFE – Review by Lois Alter Mark

March 11, 2024March 11, 2024 Lois Alter Mark bbc films, biopic, bleecker street media, Helena Bonham Carter, James Hawes, Johnny Flynn, Kindertransport, lena olin, Nicholas “Nicky” Winton, nicky's family, Romola Garai

There are certain movies you know would have a huge impact on the world if only the right people would see them. One Life, based on the true story of the man who saved hundreds of children during the Holocaust, is definitely one of those. Sir Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn portray the older and younger versions of real-life hero, Sir Nicholas “Nicky” Winton, and both are so perfect in the role, they will move you to tears – and, hopefully, action.

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NICKY’S FAMILY – Retroview by Jennifer Merin

March 11, 2024March 12, 2024 Jennifer Merin Cinema Citizen, documentaries, holocaust, Matej Minac, nicky's family, Patrik Pass, sir nicholas winton

Just before the outbreak of World War II, an unassuming English businessman named Nicholas Winton traveled to Czechoslovakia and witnessed conditions that compelled him to organize the transport of 669 Czech and Slovak children — many of them Jewish — from their homeland to the safety of England. With careful planning and tremendous courage, he rescued them from suffering and death at the hands of Nazi invaders who eventually killed many of the children’s parents, siblings and extended family members.

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NICKY’S FAMILY (2013) — Retroview by Jennifer Merin

March 19, 2018September 5, 2018 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments Cinema Citizen, holocaust doumentaries, Matej Minac, nicky's family, Patrik Pass, sir nicholas winton

In Nicky’s Family, filmmakers Matej Minac and Patrik Pass use reenactment and impressive archival footage to tell the story of