One Life

I have posted before about Sir Nicholas Winton - an ordinary young man in his twenties, visitng Poland in the 1930s. He saw what was happening - and organised trains to carry refugee Jewish children to safety in the UK. He was a London stockbroker, son of a German Jewish family. Hundreds of children owed their lives to this brave man - whose deeds remained almost unknown for almost half a century. Then many of us saw him on the Esther Rantzen 'That's Life' programme in 1988. He was properly thanked for his actions. [Sir Nicholas died in 2015] I cannot watch this brief video without weeping

I was very pleased to discover yesterday that they have finally made a film about this good man - Antony Hopkins plays the older Winton, Johnny Flynn takes the part of the young man. Helena Bonham Carter plays his mother, and Jonathan Pryce also stars. A stellar cast indeed. The Winton family have said how pleased they are with the film.   'I felt as though my father was in the room' said his son.The film will be in cinemas from January 1st. I've told Bob I am determined to go [with some clean hankies in my bag] Here is the newly released trailer for "One Life"

He often quoted a phrase from the Jewish Talmud... 

To save one life is to save the world entire