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.
Acting
Hopkins' trembling silence says everything words cannot.
Writing
Dual timeline structure that earns every emotional beat.
Production
That train station recreation will haunt your dreams.
Director
James Hawes
Anthony Hopkins
Nicholas Winton
Johnny Flynn
Young Nicholas Winton
Lena Olin
Grete Winton
Romola Garai
Doreen Warriner
Alex Sharp
Trevor Chadwick
Jonathan Pryce
Martin Blake
Helena Bonham Carter
Babi Winton
Juliana Moska
Hana Hejdukova
Ziggy Heath
Young Martin Blake
Marthe Keller
Betty Maxwell
Tim Steed
Bernard
Matilda Thorpe
Nina
Samantha Spiro
Esther Rantzen
Adrian Rawlins
Geoff
Tom Glenister
William Hughes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Nicholas Winton died in 2015 at 106, having finally learned what happened to most of the children he saved. The scrapbook was real and nearly thrown away.
The 1988 'That's Life' footage is the actual broadcast—Hopkins studied Winton's genuine discomfort with recognition, not performance.
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