the power of good : nicholas winton
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nicholas winton: the power of good includes 70 minutes of bonus material making available for the first time details of the rescue operation as well as of sir winton' s private life, views from some of his rescued children, and footage from events including his knighthood ceremony .
an overly emotional approach obscures a good true story in “the power of good — nicholas winton. ” to be sure, the tale of a british businessman and his almost single - handed deliverance of czech and slovak children from certain death in nazi camps and into the arms of british families on the eve of world war [ … ]
nicholas winton - the power of good
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all my loved ones
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if it' s not impossible... : the life of sir nicholas winton
the power of good: nicholas winton / patrik pašš; matej mináć; nicholas winton; joe schlesinger; česká televize (prague, czech republic); slovenská televízia (bratislava, slovakia); gelman educational foundation (firm); ; ann arbor, mich. : gelman educational foundation, ©2007 .
an overly emotional approach obscures a good true story in matej minac' s
the power of good - - nicholas winton .
tale of a british businessman and his deliverance of children from nazi camps and into the arms of families is noteworthy. pic will be in demand on the circuit, but seems more suited to the tube. ancillary success is a given .
the significance of winton' s mission is verified by the fate of that last trainload of children. moreover, most of the parents and siblings of the children winton saved perished in the holocaust .
told from the perspective of man reflecting on his childhood in prague in the early years of world war 2 and the eventual destruction of his family as the nazis rise to power .
nicholas winton holds a boy who was being flown from prague to london in january 1939 .
this photograph was taken on 18th september 2002 at the new york premiere of the film' the power of good,' which was also attended by the former us president, bill clinton. nicholas winton, about whom the documentary is about, is standing in the middle, my son matej minac, who shot the film is at the far right. matej' s film, entitled' sila lidskosti' (' the power of good'), among other prominent awards, was given in 2002 an international emmy for the best non - american documentary. it is narrated by joe schlesinger, a canadian reporter working for the cbs tv station, who is also one of
winton' s children .
in one of the more remarkable humanitarian stories of wwii, briton nicholas winton helped save hundreds of mostly jewish children from nazi - occupied czechoslovakia on the eve of the war. bob simon reports .
this docudrama tells the story of nicholas winton, an englishman who organized the rescue of 669 czech and slovak children just before the outbreak of world war ii. winton, now 102 years... see full summary »
i thought you might be interested in this item at urltoken title: the power of good: nicholas winton author: patrik pašš; matej mináć; nicholas winton; joe schlesinger; česká televize (prague, czech republic); slovenská televízia (bratislava, slovakia); gelman educational foundation (firm) publisher: ann arbor, mich. : gelman educational foundation, ©2007. isbn / issn: 1585872121 9781585872121 oclc: 222011968
the total number of children rescued through winton' s efforts is not yet certain. according to a scrapbook he kept, 664 children came to great britain on transports that he organized. in the research compiled for the documentary “the power of good: nicholas winton, ” aired on czech television in 2002, researchers identified five additional persons who entered britain on a winton - financed transport, bringing the official number to 669 children. the available information indicates that some children who were rescued have not yet been identified .
the fantastic story of nicholas winton (1909 - 2015) who in 1939, at the outbreak of world war ii, organized a rescue operation that saved the lives of 669 children. this is from the documentary
nick' s family
( 2011). sir nicholas winton died on 1 july 2015, aged 106 .
nicholas winton was born nicholas wertheimer on may 19, 1909, in west hampstead, england, and baptized as a member of the anglican church by decision of his parents who were of german jewish ancestry. he was a stockbroker by profession .
narrator joe schlesinger, journalist for cbc television and a rescued child himself, describes winton as a man of
ordinary human decency
. winston has become a national hero in prague and britain where his good works ripple through the lives of many. in 2003, sir nicholas winton was knighted by queen elizabeth ii .
last november the film director matej minac achieved something beyond his dreams. his film
nicholas winton - the power of good
, won the greatest international honour that a documentary film can achieve: it was voted best documentary in the international emmy television awards in new york. the film, a czech - slovak coproduction, is about a young british stockbroker, who saved nearly 700 jewish children at the beginning of the nazi occupation of prague, struggling against time to find them homes in britain. the now 93 - year - old nicholas winton is the central figure in this powerful and moving film. here matej minac remembers the moment when the emmy awards were announced .
the story of the post world war ii jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of israel .
winton has received many acknowledgements for his humanitarian pre - war deeds. he received a letter of thanks from the late ezer weizman, a former president of the state of israel. he was made an honorary citizen of prague. in 1993, her majesty, queen elizabeth ii, awarded him the mbe (member of the british empire), and on october 28, 1998, václav havel, then president of the czech republic, awarded him the order of t. g. masaryk at hradcany castle for his heroic achievement. on december 31, 2002, winton received a knighthood from queen elizabeth ii for his services to humanity. winton' s story is also the subject of two films by czech filmmaker matej mináč: all my loved ones and the award - winning nicholas winton: the power of good .
matej minac is a slovak living in prague. he is one of the most respected film makers currently working in the czech republic, well known above all for his documentaries, but also for his highly acclaimed feature film
all my loved ones
, about a czech jewish family at the beginning of the german occupation and their agonizing decision to send their child to safety in britain. his documentary film
nicholas winton - the power of good
takes the same inspiration, telling the extraordinary story of nicholas winton, the british banker who saved nearly seven hundred czech jewish children. the film recently won one of the greatest honours that can be given to a documentary film, a prestigious emmy television award in the united states. matej minac, welcome to the studio .
an overly emotional approach obscures a good true story in “the power of good — nicholas winton. ” to be sure, the tale of a british businessman and his almost single - handed deliverance of czech and slovak children from certain death in nazi camps and into the arms of british families on the eve of world war ii is noteworthy. and it’s made all the more incredible by winton’s anonymity and the fact he’s still alive. yet slovak helmer matej minac has opted for an amped - up “this is your life” - type pitch, which dissipates the impact. pic was closing night event at the palm springs fest and will continue to be in great demand on the circuit, but at a slight but still somehow padded 64 minutes seems more suited to the tube than the theatrical rollout menemsha has planned stateside. ancillary success is a given .
nicholas winton organized a rescue operation that brought approximately 669 children, mostly jewish, from czechoslovakia to safety in great britain before the outbreak of world war ii .
a gripping documentary about the courage and determination of sir nicholas winton, who lived in maidenhead. in 1939, he saved the lives of 669 children and kept it a secret for nearly 50 years .
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... see more »
nicholas winton, 93, says he knew early on what the nazis intended to do .
what was unclear to politicians seemed crystal - clear to me ,
says the subject of
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... see full summary »
after the war, nicholas winton' s rescue efforts remained virtually unknown. it was not until 1988, when his wife grete found a scrapbook from 1939 with all the children' s photos and a complete list of names of those rescued that winton' s rescue efforts became known. winton since received a letter of thanks from the late ezer weizman, former president of the state of israel, and was made an honorary citizen of prague in the independent czech republic. in 2002, winton received a knighthood from queen elizabeth ii for his services to humanity .
in october 1938, after the ill - fated munich agreement between germany and the western european powers, the nazis annexed a large part of western czechoslovakia, the sudetenland. winton was convinced that the german occupation of the rest of the country would soon follow. to him and many others, the outbreak of war seemed inevitable. the news of kristallnacht, the bloody pogrom (violent attack) against german and austrian jews on the nights of november 9 and 10, 1938, had reached prague. winton decided to take steps .
originally produced in 2002 .
includes 70 minutes of extra interview footage and additional short films detailing further information on the rescue operation, the private life of sir winton, his opinions, and the lives of some of the children he saved .
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today, sir nicholas winton, age 97, resides at his home in maidenhead, great britain. he still wears a ring given to him by some of the children he saved. it is inscribed with a line from the talmud, the book of jewish law. it reads :
in terms of his mission, winton was not thinking in small numbers, but of thousands of children. he was ready to start a mass evacuation .
independently of operation kindertransport (see sidebar), nicholas winton set up his own rescue operation. at first, winton' s office was a dining room table at his hotel in wenceslas square in prague. anxious parents, who gradually came to understand the danger they and their children were in, came to winton and placed the future of their children into his hands. soon, an office was set up on vorsilska street, under the charge of trevor chadwick. thousands of parents heard about this unique endeavor and hundreds of them lined up in front of the new office, drawing the attention of the gestapo. winton' s office distributed questionnaires and registered the children. winton appointed trevor chadwick and bill barazetti to look after the prague end when he returned to england. many further requests for help came from slovakia, a region east of prague .
the secret smuggling of 9, 300 jewish children out of nazi - occupied germany in the late 1930s .
tech credits are slick to a fault, with visual strategy of fading in and out of color - coded tinting (sepia for the good guys, blue for the bad guys) providing more distraction than enlightenment. there’s a generous helping of previously unseen archival footage, but any vestiges of objectivity go out the window when minac slaps bobby mcferrin’s “don’t worry, be happy” on the soundtrack .
when we went to new york, joe schlesinger the narrator of the film was there and my executive producer, martina stolbova and my fellow producer patrik pass. the day before we saw all the movies in our category and they were very, very good. they were from the big companies like nhk in japan, zdf, arte and cbc, so we were thinking that our chance of winning the emmy is very little and more or less i was sure that we won' t win it. so the moment when they said at the ceremony at this gala evening :
and the winner is nicholas winton - the power of good
, i thought that i didn' t hear it properly, so we didn' t react, we didn' t do anything, you know. and so they had a little bit to repeat :
and the winner is
, and only then did we believe it. and we said that really for us it' s an amazing thing because this prize more or less belongs to a man - nicholas winton - to whom we wanted to pay tribute, because he deserved it so much that he selflessly rescued these 700 children. and he did something absolutely astonishing, and for us it was such a moment of self - fulfillment that we could thank him this way, through our profession .
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the last trainload of children left on august 2, 1939, bringing the total of rescued children to 669. it is impossible to imagine the emotions of parents sending their children to safety, knowing they may never be reunited, and impossible to imagine the fears of the children leaving the lives they knew and their loved ones for the unknown .
after the war, nicholas winton didn' t tell anyone, not even his wife grete about his wartime rescue efforts. in 1988, a half century later, grete found a scrapbook from 1939 in their attic, with all the children' s photos, a complete list of names, a few letters from parents of the children to winton and other documents. she finally learned the whole story. today the scrapbooks and other papers are held at yad vashem, the holocaust martyrs' and heroes' remembrance authority, in israel .
the first transport of children organized by winton left prague by plane for london on march 14, 1939, the day before the germans occupied the czech lands. after the germans established a protectorate in the czech provinces of bohemia and moravia, winton organized seven further transports that departed by rail out of prague and across germany to the atlantic coast, then by ship across the english channel to britain. at the train station in london, british foster parents waited to collect the children. the last trainload of children left prague on august 2, 1939. rescue activities ceased when germany invaded poland and britain declared war in germany in early september 1939 .
the rescued children, many now grandparents, still refer to themselves as
winton' s children .
among those saved are the british film director karel reisz (the french lieutenant' s woman, isadora, and sweet dreams), canadian journalist and news correspondent for cbc, joe schlesinger (originally from slovakia), lord alfred dubs (a former minister in the blair cabinet), lady milena grenfell - baines (a patron of the arts whose father, rudolf fleischmann, saved thomas mann from the nazis), dagmar símová (a cousin of the former u. s. secretary of state, madeleine albright), tom schrecker, (a reader' s digest manager), hugo marom (a famous aviation consultant, and one of the founders of the israeli air force), and vera gissing (author of pearls of childhood) and coauthor of nicholas winton and the rescued generation .
this leads to pic’s singularly emblematic sequence, as winton is apparently surprised in the audience of a late 1980s british tv show by a presenter who announces that some of the saved children are seated around him — and the entire audience rises to its feet .
in the fall of 1938, nicholas winton took a pleasure trip to prague, czechoslovakia. he saw that czech children in the sudetenland were stateless. he understood that these refugee children would soon be doomed by hitler. although winton was only 28 years old, he knew he had to take action. he devised a rescue operation to save these children. this inspiring documentary tells how an ordinary man took extraordinary
i think that people identify with winton, and they understood that his example is our way to the future, that people themselves - without the support of official bodies and so on - can achieve very important and fundamental things and can change the history of people .
after munich, winton had been certain that the germans would occupy the rest of bohemia and moravia before long. he had been alarmed further by the violence against the jewish community in germany and austria during the kristallnacht riots in november 1938. when he heard of subsequent efforts of jewish agencies in britain to rescue german and austrian jewish children on the so - called kindertransport, an effort that eventually brought about 10, 000 unaccompanied children to safety in great britain, winton summoned a small group of people to organize a similar rescue operation for children imperiled by the impending german dismemberment of czechoslovakia in march 1939 .
on march 14, 1939, winton had his first success: the first transport of children left prague for britain by airplane. winton managed to organize seven more transports that departed from prague' s wilson railway station. the groups then crossed the english channel by boat and finally ended their journey at london' s liverpool street station. at the station, british foster parents waited to collect their charges. winton, who organized their rescue, was set on matching the right child to the right foster parents .
this man, nicholas winton saved lives. he saved the life of individuals he did not know. he was blessed enough to live for 103 years and died on july 1, 2015. nicholas rejected the description of himself as a hero, insisting that unlike schindler, his life had never been in danger. he was always modest about his achievements, and his reasons for acting. the sad part of this equation is that this man who never harmed a single soul for a single penny that he made in addition to saving lives, did not get the recognition from nobel prize but yet nobel prize has gone to individuals who have done nothing, absolutely nothing in comparison to nicholas. flags all over the world should have flown at half mast for an individual like nicholas since he was one of the rare humans who represented the value of humanity on planet earth. this is a very sad, sad day. i wish his daughter, barbara health and happiness. this man did not save the lives of only some 650 + individuals, he saved the life of their siblings as well and how many reviews this documentary about this genuine human being has received... only three. absolute disgrace, what majority of humans are all about .
inspiring documentary about nicholas winton, a british stockbroker who saved 669 czech children from hitler and never told anyone - - including his wife - - until now. (1 hr. 4 mins. ; nr)  bilge ebiri
a documentary about the courage, determination, and modesty of a young english stock exchange clerk who saved the lives of 669 jewish children who otherwise almost certainly would have been murdered by the nazis. between march and august 1939, nicholas winton organized six trains to take children from prague to new jewish homes in britain, and kept quiet about it until his wife discovered a scrapbook documenting his unique mission in 1988 .
on september 1, 1939 the biggest transport of children was to take place, but on that day hitler invaded poland, and all borders controlled by germany were closed. this put an end to winton' s rescue efforts. winton has said many times that the vision that haunts him most to this day is the picture of hundreds of children waiting eagerly at wilson station in prague for that last aborted transport .
discover how the nazis used the ghetto - camp terezín as a propaganda tool to hide what they were really doing to the jews of europe .
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, sir nicholas winton organized eight transports (one airplane and seven trains) to take children from prague to new homes in great britain, and kept silent about it until his wife discovered a scrapbook documenting his unique mission in 1988 .
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 .
in the fall of 1938, nicholas winton took a pleasure trip to prague, czechoslovakia. he saw that czech children in the sudetenland were stateless. he understood that these refugee children would soon be doomed by hitler. although winton was only 28 years old, he knew he had to take action. he devised a rescue operation to save these children. this inspiring documentary tells how an ordinary man took extraordinary action .
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winton immediately established a children' s section and, using the name of the british committee for refugees from czechoslovakia, initially without authorization, began taking applications from parents at his hotel in prague. as his operation expanded, he opened an office in central prague. soon, thousands of parents lined up outside of winton' s children section' s office seeking a safe haven for their children .
as a 29 - year - old stockbroker in europe on the eve of wwii, winton saw the need to try to divert jewish children slated for deportation with their parents. he mounted a letter - writing campaign and was able to place 669 kids on trains and in homes in britain before hostilities started. pic points out that none of the parents of any of those kids is known to have survived the war .
in december 1938, martin blake, a friend and an instructional master at the westminster school in london, asked winton to forego his planned ski vacation and visit him in czechoslovakia, where he had traveled in his capacity as an associate of the british committee for refugees from czechoslovakia. this committee had been established in october 1938 to provide assistance for refugees created by the german annexation of the sudeten regions under the terms of the munich pact. convinced that a european war was imminent, winton decided to go. in prague, blake introduced winton to his colleague, doreen wariner, and arranged for him to visit refugee camps filled to capacity with jews and political opponents from the sudetenland .
winton contacted the governments of nations he thought could take in the children. only sweden and his own government said yes. great britain promised to accept children under the age of 18 as long as he found homes and guarantors who could deposit £50 for each child to pay for their return home .
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 national center for jewish film
because he wanted to save the lives of as many of the endangered children as possible, winton returned to london and planned the transport of children to great britain. he worked at his regular job on the stock exchange by day, and then devoted late afternoons and evenings to his rescue efforts, often working far into the night. he made up an organization, calling it
the british committee for refugees from czechoslovakia, children' s section .
the committee consisted of himself, his mother, his secretary and a few volunteers .
today, there are some 5, 000 descendants of those now - grown children, and many of them appear alongside their elders in filmed tributes. others proclaiming their admiration include famed nazi - hunter simon wiesenthal and czech president vaclav havel. winton himself apparently thought so little of the long - term effects of his bureaucratic wizardry that he never bothered to tell anyone of the deed. it wasn’t until 1988 that the story came to light, after mrs. winton found a trunk with his files in the attic. (“there are a great many things husbands don’t tell their wives, ” he sniffs. )
winton returned to london to organize the rescue operation on that end. he raised money to fund the transports of the children and the 50 pound per child guarantee demanded by the british government to fund the children' s eventual departure from britain. he also had to find british families willing to care for the refugee children. by day, winton worked at his regular job on the stock exchange, and then devoted late afternoons and evenings to his rescue efforts. he made a great effort to raise money and find foster homes to bring as many children as possible to safety .
the munich conference was held september 29 - 30, 1938, following hitler' s demand to annex the sudetenland, a region in czechoslovakia populated largely by ethnic germans. the resulting crisis led britain and france, who had adopted a policy of appeasement, to pressure czechoslovakia to accede to hitler' s demands. no czech representative was present at the conference, and the agreement led to the destruction of the czech state. following the conference, winston churchill warned :
do not suppose that this is the end. this is only the beginning of the reckoning .
grete shared the story with dr. elisabeth maxwell, a holocaust historian and the wife of newspaper magnate robert maxwell. robert maxwell arranged for his newspaper to publish articles on winton' s amazing deeds. winton' s extraordinary story led to his appearance on esther rantzen' s bbc television program, that' s life. in the studio, emotions ran high as winton' s
children
introduced themselves and expressed their gratitude to him for saving their lives. because the program was aired nationwide, many of the rescued children also wrote to him and thanked him. letters came from all over the world, and new faces still appear at his door, introducing themselves by names that match the documents from 1939 .
within hours of the announcement, the train disappeared. none of the 250 children aboard was seen again. we had 250 families waiting at liverpool street that day in vain. if the train had been a day earlier, it would have come through. not a single one of those children was heard of again, which is an awful feeling .
sir 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 and quietly but decisively got down to the business of saving lives. only two countries, sweden and britain, answered his call to harbor the young refugees. documents then had to be forged (
we didn' t bring anybody in illegally, we just, er, speeded up the process a little
) and once foster parents signed for the children on delivery that was the last he saw of them .
you had to treat it like a business ,
says sir winton .
this amazing story is nothing less than medicine for the soul. at a time of historic angst and disenchantment, and pandemic
learned helplessness
on the part of individuals, nicholas winton' s story should be known by everyone. it is extremely disappointing to me that this video is unavailable at the moment. i urge amazon to make a new copy available immediately. i watch this video several times a year because it' s a real shot of spiritual vitamin b - 12. watch this video and for the rest of your life you will know that your life matters and that every moment is a precious opportunity for you to make you count .
in december 1938, nicholas winton, a 29 - year - old london stockbroker, was about to leave for a skiing holiday in switzerland, when he received a phone call from his friend martin blake asking him to cancel his holiday and immediately come to prague :
i have a most interesting assignment and i need your help. don' t bother bringing your skis .
when winton arrived, he was asked to help in the camps, in which thousands of refugees were living in appalling conditions .
paris, 1967. jean - luc godard is the most renowned filmmaker of his generation. he
veteran cbc reporter joe schlesinger narrates the story of the man who saved his life. in 1938, sir nicholas winton was a free - wheeling 29 year old stockbroker. he visited czechaslovakia after germany had annexed the sudetenland. he found refugees in horrible conditions and plans for german conquest. he organized to get the children out which attracted the attention of a beautiful german spy. he was rejected by every country except his own, britain. in the process, he lost his job. with guile, persistence, and forged papers, he was able to rescue 669 children. for 50 years, the story had been forgotten until his wife found a curious book in the attic. the story is amazing. it' s a relatively standard news documentary. however if you don' t shed at least one tear, you better have your heart checked .
on december 2, 1938, jewish and christian agencies began rescuing german and austrian jewish children on kindertransporten (children' s transports). the
refugee children' s movement ,
a group under the auspices of the central british fund for german jewry or cbf (which later became the world jewish relief organization), urged concerned christians and jews to support
operation kindertransport .
an extensive fund - raising effort was organized and the british public responded generously, raising half a million british pounds in six months. a large portion of this money was used to care for the children who were rescued. between december 1938 and may 1940, almost 10, 000 children (infants to teenagers) were rescued and given shelter at farms, hostels, camps, and in private homes in britain. however, this effort did not include the children of czechoslovakia; and this is why the work of nicholas winton was so vital .
i found out that the children of refugees and other groups of people who were enemies of hitler weren' t being looked after. i decided to try to get permits to britain for them. i found out that the conditions which were laid down for bringing in a child were chiefly that you had a family that was willing and able to look after the child, and £50, which was quite a large sum of money in those days, that was to be deposited at the home office. the situation was heartbreaking. many of the refugees hadn' t the price of a meal. some of the mothers tried desperately to get money to buy food for themselves and their children. the parents desperately wanted at least to get their children to safety when they couldn' t manage to get visas for the whole family. i began to realize what suffering there is when armies start to march .
now in his early 90s, yet apparently as active as ever, winton — who has moved on to helping homeless children in rio de janeiro — put in an appearance after at least one karlovy vary fest screening, and appeared every bit as embarrassed about all the attention as he does in the film. title phrase is lifted from a letter written by winton in 1939, detailing the difference between “passive goodness and active goodness. ”
winton had to find funds to use for repatriation costs, and a foster home for each child. he also had to raise money to pay for the transports when the children' s parents could not cover the costs. he advertised in british newspapers, and in churches and synagogues. he printed groups of children' s photographs all over britain. he felt certain that seeing the children' s photos would convince potential sponsors and foster families to offer assistance. finding sponsors was only one of the endless problems in obtaining the necessary documents from german and british authorities .
, a documentary that uses talking heads, archives, and re - creations to illustrate how winton saved 669 children in czechoslovakia before world war ii. winton, then a young stockbroker, began a british office for refugee children and forged passports, visas, and adoption papers to get 7 - to 9 - year - olds out of german territory and into homes in britain and scotland .
it wasn' t getting the children out which was difficult  it was that no one else tried ,
says the englishman (pictured here in 1939, with a child he saved). and how did he deal with the nazis' bureaucratic objections ?
i told them politely in german, go to hell ,
winton says, with a momentary hint of john wayne in his voice. at the screening on september 18 at symphony space' s leonard nimoy thalia, winton himself will appear .
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in the fall of 1938, nicholas winton took a pleasure trip to prague, czechoslovakia. he saw that czech children in the sudetenland were stateless. he understood that these refugee children would soon be doomed by hitler. although winton was only 28 years old, he knew he had to take action. he devised a rescue operation to save these children. this inspiring documentary tells how an ordinary man took extraordinary action .
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vague narrative shape comes courtesy of canadian journo joe schlesinger, who along with czech - born and british - based helmer karel reisz are two of the more prominent people who owe their lives to the man dubbed “britain’s own schindler. ”
director matej minác producers partik pass, matej minác music janusz stoklosa co - producers slovak television, czech television, cedok, ministry of culture of the slovak republic, state fund for the support of the czech cinema chief film partners cedok, unimex group, judr. jirí šimáne, ing. , jaromír šmejkal co - producer bessel kok collaboration vera gissing
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the karlovy vary international film festival prides itself on helping films from the former eastern bloc reach international audiences. …
this film tells the amazing story of a man who saved 670 children from the nazis and then kept quite about it for about 50 years. he never looked for recognition for his deeds and actually seems a little uncomforable with his fame. it is one of the most inspiring films i have ever seen .
is shooting la chinoise with the woman he loves, anne wiazemsky. the pair marry, but the film’s reception unleashes a profound self - examination in jean - luc .
well there was not any interest at all, because they told me - look, you are doing a feature film. you know, you should concentrate on the feature film, and i said - you know, certain things you can' t postpone in life and i have to do right away also the documentary because simply the man may die, and he' s incredible. so i was thinking - what would nicholas winton do in my position? because when he came here to prague and he wanted to rescue all these children, and he had a plan how to do it, everybody was telling him here in prague - you know, it' s absurd. you can never manage it. the british won' t let the children in. the gestapo won' t let the children out. you don' t have the money, so how do you want to do it? it' s crazy. and winton says that anything that is reasonable can be achieved. so we said we' ll use the same way. so we think that a film on him is quite reasonable, so there must be a way how to realize it. so we simply invited winton here to prague and we shot him a few days - all the interviews and so on - and eventually, about one year later, the czech television and slovak television got interested and they entered into the film .
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i had great luck in life that one of my teachers was juraj jakubisko, a very famous slovak film maker, who shot
millennial bee
or
i am sitting on a branch and feel well
. federico fellini considered him one of the very best directors from this region. i had the luck that i could assist on his films and he really introduced me to the world of film and to the aesthetics. so this was my education .
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in this tale of tolerance, a young serf named tomas discovers unexpected kindness in the jewish ghetto after being sentenced to servitude for stealing .
it’s been such a fabulous year of cinema so far, that we thought we’d bring back a few of your favourites so that you can enjoy them on the big screen this summer! kicking off the season, the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society returns to our screen on from sunday 8 july. tickets are just £7 - - >
judy has lived with parkinson’s disease for almost two decades. she is faced with the heightened challenges of daily life when tragedy strikes on her isolated property. meanwhile, her teenage son is grappling with the daunting task of becoming a man in world that has no apparent room for weakness .
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chronicles three underprivileged students from inner - city memphis and their volunteer coach who tries to help them beat the odds on and off the field .
i found the caliber of this movie far above some other documentaries i' ve seen. it' s not preachy and it' s very touching. i never watch tv but it reminds me of tv specials i' ve seen before - - - in other words, it was well crafted to hold your attention as opposed to some documentary that someone would only watch in an educational setting. like an episode of 60 minutes or whatever show i' m thinking of (i have watched tv in my life, just not recently). i had tears running down my face, but mostly tears of joy. although the movie aroused anger in me for the horrible things done to innocent people, to a greater degree it brought me amazement, wonder, and inspiration about how people go on after tragedy to lead normal, fulfilling lives. the humility of the lead character was also amazing .
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the romanian film “i do not care if we go down in history as barbarians” took the top prize at this year’s karlovy vary film festival. …
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consider why hitler' s demand for the sudetenland evolved into an international crisis, and evaluate the resulting agreement forged by hitler, chamberlain, and daladier .
vera gissing, a holocaust survivor from czechoslovakia, recalls how her family prepared her for the kindertransport, a rescue mission that brought thousands of jewish refugee children to great britain .
who' s ready to catch the event cinema screening of the year - hit musical everybody’s talking about jamie? don' t believe us? here is john mccrea - who plays jamie - talking about the show...' its hero' s scarlet stilettos make dorthey' s red shoes look like dr martens' the guardian catch our encore screening on sunday 15 july at 2pm. more info and tickets - - >
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officials at the home office worked very slowly with the entry visas. we went to them urgently asking for permits, only to be told languidly,' why rush, old boy? nothing will happen in europe.' this was a few months before the war broke out. so we forged the home office entry permits .
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summer, 1962. young couple edward (billy howle) and florence (saoirse ronan) marry and begin their honeymoon on the dorset coast. each hail from very different backgrounds. deeply in love, the full complexity of their relationship only becomes clear on their wedding night .
a gripping, tension - filled drama. after a bitter divorce, miriam and antoine battle for sole custody of their son, julien. miriam claims the father is violent but lacks proof. antoine accuses her of manipulating their son for her own ends. both sides seem to be hiding something .
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tell me something about your upbringing in slovakia. was film - making in the family ?
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and you went on to become very well - known in the czech republic and slovakia for the film
all my loved ones
, which is a feature film. how did that film come about ?
the screening on ed 13 jun at 11am is exclusively for parents with children under 2 years. lights are kept on low level and you can move around if you need to. tickets are £5. 50 for adults (including a cup of tea / coffee); babies and infants are free of charge. seating is unreserved and unaccompanied adults are not admitted .
the screening on tues 26 jun at 11am is exclusively for parents with children under 2 years. lights are kept on low level and you can move around if you need to. tickets are £5. 50 for adults (including a cup of tea / coffee); babies and infants are free of charge. seating is unreserved and unaccompanied adults are not admitted.
the power of good : nicholas winton ( czech : síla lidskosti : nicholas winton ) is a 2002 documentary about nicholas winton , the man who organized the kindertransport rescue mission of 669 children from german-occupied czechoslovakia on the eve of the second world war . director matej mináč decided to make the documentary after meeting winton while developing the film treatment for all my loved ones . 
the power of good: nicholas winton (czech: síla lidskosti: nicholas winton) is a 2002 documentary about nicholas winton, the man who organized the kindertransport rescue mission of 669 children from german-occupied czechoslovakia on the eve of the second world war. director matej mináč decided to make the documentary after meeting winton while developing the film treatment for all my loved ones.
the power of good: nicholas winton (czech: síla lidskosti: nicholas winton) is a 2002 documentary about nicholas winton, the man who organized the kindertransport rescue mission of 669 children from german-occupied czechoslovakia on the eve of the second world war. director matej mináč decided to make the documentary after meeting winton while developing the film treatment for all my loved ones.