r/MadeMeSmile • u/RoyalChris • Feb 25 '25

Wholesome Moments Nicholas Winton helped 669 Jewish children escape the Nazis and his efforts went unrecognised for 50 years. Then, in 1988, while sitting as a member of a TV audience, he suddenly found himself surrounded by the kids he had rescued, who were now adults.

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u/razorwireshrine Feb 25 '25

I just watched the movie One Life with Anthony Hopkins playing him. He was truly an amazing man.

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u/ani_devorantem Feb 25 '25

I'm a 30+ dude and cried like 20% of the movie duration.

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u/RoyalChris Feb 25 '25

A real man.

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u/LuxuryBeast Feb 25 '25

I'm 40+, gonna watch it later tonight and I'm prepared to just let it flow!

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u/coma24 Feb 26 '25

I'm 50, so I look forward to crying for.....carry the 3..... 33.33% of the movie.

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u/dltacube Feb 26 '25

I’m sure I’d do the same but I can’t spare the moisture!

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u/RoyalChris Feb 25 '25

I am embarassed to say I did not know there was a movie about him. Guess I have a movenight planned this week.

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u/1371113 Feb 26 '25

It's relatively recent. Hopkins plays him in his old age.

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u/shesinsaneornot Feb 25 '25

Came here to recommend this film, it's very well done!

So well done, I bought the book (written by Winton's daughter) upon which the movie was based (same title).

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u/52TXCO80 Feb 26 '25

So I take my kids (12 & 9) to an AMC Screen Unseen, where they only tell that it’s a yet-to-be released PG movie. I’m thinking it’ll be whatever new animated movie is about to come out.

Trailers before the show were interesting; not what you’d expect before a kids movie.

Movie begins - fade into black and white, slow violin, 1930s Czechoslovakia. Cue slow realization, “oh nooo, it’s a holocaust movie.”

End of the day, older kid and I really enjoyed it, younger one took a $5 nap.

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u/4amWater Feb 26 '25

I believe in the film some of the extra people in the back of this same scene were actually also people he saved

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u/suburban_airport Feb 26 '25

Yes, the actors in that scene were people he saved and their children and grandchildren!

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u/Dream_348 Feb 26 '25

My whole class watched it in a movie theater. Almost everyone, even the though boys, had watery eyes.