Biopic of a Quiet Hero, Nicholas Winton

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW106414629 BCX4"> <p><span data-contrast="none">In December 1938, British stockbroker</span> <a href= "https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/08/10/who-was-sir-nicholas-winton-the-subject-of-one-life-starring-anthony-hopkins"> <span data-contrast="none">Nicholas Winton</span></a> <span data-contrast="none">canceled a ski vacation and instead traveled to Prague.  There, as the German military began its</span> <a href= "https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nazis-take-czechoslovakia"> <span data-contrast="none">occupation of Czechoslovakia</span></a><span data-contrast="none">, he worked with friends to save the lives of 669 Jewish children. When he returned to London, Winton raised money to purchase train tickets and passports, and cut through red tape so that the children could be placed in foster care once they reached Great Britain. </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">According to his daughter’s account, Winton never knew what happened to the children and never believed he’d done something heroic ... until 1988, when Winton was invited to sit in the studio audience of the television show</span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqqbM1B-mPY&ab_channel=Topsofthetop"> <em><span data-contrast="none">That’s Life</span></em></a><span data-contrast="none">. On air, he learned that the people sitting around him were children he had saved, along with</span> <em><span data-contrast="none">their</span></em> <span data-contrast="none">children and grandchildren. </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">This January, a new biopic of Winton’s efforts, titled</span> <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13097932/"><em><span data-contrast= "none">One Life</span></em></a><span data-contrast="none">, will hit theaters, starring Anthony Hopkins. His story is a powerful reminder that</span> <em><span data-contrast= "none