The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton

The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton

2003
1h 4m
9.0

9.0/10

3 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

A gripping documentary about the courage and determination of a young English stockbroker who saved the lives of 669 children. Between March 13 and August 2, 1939, Nicholas Winton organized 8 transports to take children from Prague to new homes in Great Britain, and kept quiet about it until his wife discovered a scrapbook documenting his unique mission in 1988. Winton was a successful 29-year-old stockbroker in London who "had an intuition" about the fate of the Jews when he visited Prague in 1939. He quietly but decisively got down to the business of saving lives. We learn how only two countries, Sweden and Britain, answered his call to harbor the young refugees; how documents had to be forged and how once foster parents signed for the children on delivery, that was the last he saw of them.

Status: Released

Language: CS

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Production Information

Production Companies
Horizont Slovakia W.I.P. Trigon Production Česká televize Slovenská televízia Slovenský filmový ústav GCH Praha
Production Countries
Slovakia Czech Republic
Spoken Languages
Czech French English

Quick Facts

Original Title Síla lidskosti – Nicholas Winton
Release Date March 27, 2003
Status Released
Language CS
IMDb ID tt0328499

Cast

Nicholas Winton
Nicholas Winton

Self

Simon Wiesenthal
Simon Wiesenthal

Self

Karel Reisz
Karel Reisz

Self

Václav Havel
Václav Havel

Self

Key Crew

Matej Mináč
Director
Martina Štolbová
Screenplay
Patrik Pašš
Screenplay