The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton (2003)
• March 27th, 2003 • 1h 4min
Documentary, History
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Vana: The Biggest Race Is the Life Itself
Released on: 2012-09-06
Documentary
A documentary portrait of a legendary Czech jockey, Josef Vána, reveals his inner world of thoughts....
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Released on: 2023-06-02
Documentary, History
The extraordinary life of playwright, singer, actor, composer, and director Noël Coward, who rose fr...
Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life
Released on: 2017-06-08
Documentary
This compelling Documentary moves beyond the spotlight and past the attention-grabbing headlines to ...
Animated Hero Classics: Louis Pasteur
Released on: 1995-06-01
Animation, Documentary, Family
The great French scientist, struggling with his own limitations from a stroke, is not deterred by sc...
Concorde's Last Flight
Released on: 2010-07-12
Documentary
Highly interesting documentary Concorde's Last Flight tells the story of this eventually ill fated s...
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Released on: 1988-11-01
War, Documentary
Marcel Ophuls' riveting film details the heinous legacy of the Gestapo head dubbed "The Butcher of L...
Following Harry
Released on: 2024-06-14
Documentary
Featuring Harry Belafonte, Aja Monet, Aloe Blacc, and Jesse Williams, Following Harry explores the l...
Corto Maltese: The Secret Court of the Arcane
Released on: 2002-09-25
Drama, Animation, History, Adventure
At the end of 1918 while civil war is raging on in Russia, antagonism is slowly spreading to the Eas...
The Damned
Released on: 1969-10-30
Drama, History
In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictato...
Life After Flash
Released on: 2017-10-02
Documentary
A look at the roller coaster life of Sam J. Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and ...
Augusto San Miguel Died Yesterday
Released on: 2003-01-17
Documentary
During the 1920's, Augusto San Miguel (1905-1937) directed, produced and starred in the first featur...
Napoleon
Released on: 1927-01-10
Drama, History, War
A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball ...
Isadora
Released on: 1968-09-14
Drama, History, Music
A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of bal...
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Released on: 2017-05-05
Documentary
A chronicle of the personal life and public career of the celebrated artist and filmmaker Julian Sch...
Rikard Nordraak
Released on: 1945-12-26
History
A film biography of Rikard Nordraak, composer of the Norwegian national anthem.