The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton

Movie·2003·1h 4m

The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton

Directed By

Matej Mináč

Country

Slovakia

Language

Czech

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The Story

Original title: 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.

Written By

Martina Štolbová, Patrik Pašš

Cinematography

Richard Krivda

Music

Janusz Stokłosa

Editor

Patrik Pašš

Themes

holocaust (shoah)rescue missionbiographywar herorescue operationchild rescuepre-warjewish historyhistory and legacyjewish childjewish communityhistorical documentary

Production House

Horizont Slovakia
W.I.P.
Trigon Production
Česká televize
Slovenská televízia
Slovenský filmový ústav

Audience Score

90%

4 votes

Skip3%
Timepass7%
Go for it28%
Perfection62%

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Cast

Nicholas Winton

Nicholas Winton

Self

Simon Wiesenthal

Simon Wiesenthal

Self

Karel Reisz

Karel Reisz

Self

Václav Havel

Václav Havel

Self

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Crew

Matej Mináč

Director

Richard Krivda

Richard Krivda

Director of Photography

Antonín Weiser

Director of Photography

Patrik Pašš

Editor

Martina Štolbová

Screenplay

Patrik Pašš

Screenplay

Janusz Stokłosa

Janusz Stokłosa

Original Music Composer

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