Síla lidskosti - Nicholas Winton

Síla lidskosti - Nicholas Winton

64 mins | Documentary | Sept. 17, 2001

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.

Síla lidskosti - Nicholas Winton

64 mins | Documentary | Sept. 17, 2001

Síla lidskosti - Nicholas Winton
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.
IMDb rating 8.3
Producers Česká televize, Slovenská televízia, Horizont Slovakia, W.I.P., Slovenský filmový ústav, Trigon Production, GCH Praha
Original title Síla lidskosti – Nicholas Winton
Directors Matej Mináč
Writers Martina Štolbová, Patrik Pašš

Cast

Nicholas Winton

as himself

Simon Wiesenthal

as Himself

Karel Reisz

as Himself

Václav Havel

as Himself