One Life (2023)

(dir. James Hawes) This film is based on Nicholas Winton’s role in the rescue of children from Czechoslovakia in 1939. The recreation of occupied Prague is impressive, and Johnny Flynn’s performance as the young and awkward Winton is very appealing. Anthony Hopkins as the older Winton is–as you might expect–well-judged, and the script gives him room to portray the complex feelings that came from saving six hundred children from the Nazis, but failing to save many more. It may not be especially original as a film, but the story it tells deserves to be told over and over. ★★★★☆