>>> SO, YOU GOING?
>> I AM, YES.
>> EVERYONE IN PRAGUE IS TRYING
TO GET OUT.
MY SON IS TRYING TO GET IN.
DID YOU SPEAK TO MARTIN?
>> I DID.
TURNS OUT, HE’S NOT GOING TO BE
THERE.
HE IS ESCORTING SOME REFUGEES
OUT OF THE COUNTRY ANTD THEN HE
IS HEADING BACK HOME TO LONDON.
LOOK, I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
YOU OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD
UNDERSTAND THAT.
ISN’T THAT WHAT YOU TAUGHT ME?
I CAN’T JUST SIT HERE READING
ABOUT IT.
THESE PEOPLE NEED HELP.
>> I WAS NEVER IN DOUBT THAT THE
CAUSE WAS JUST, ONLY WHETHER
PRAGUE IS SAFE.
>> THAT’S A SCENE FROM "ONE
LIFE," HIGHLIGHTING THE STORY OF
SIR NICHOLAS WINTON, KNOWN AS
THE BRITISH SCHINDLER.
HE HELPED SECURE THE RESCUE OF
HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN, MANY OF
THEM JEWISH, FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA
IN A RACE BEFORE THE NAZI
OCCUPATION CLOSED THE BORDERS.
JOINING US ARE TWO OF THE FILM’S
STARS, HELENA BONHAM CARTER AND
RAMALLAH GARY.
I FEEL A CONNECTION WITH THIS
ALREADY.
MY MOTHER WAS THE GREAT GRAND
NIECE OF EDWARD BENISH.
SHE FLED CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO
ENGLAND WHERE SHE STAYED IN AN
ORPHANAGE FOR A YEAR AND ATE
NUTS.
WE BEGIN KNOWING THAT.
>> AMAZING.
>> YOUR GRANDMOTHER?
>> MY MOTHER.
AS A LITTLE GIRL.
>> YOU WOULD NOT BE HERE IF IT
WASN’T FOR -- WITHOUT NICHOLAS
WINTON.
>> TELL US ABOUT THE STORY AND
WHAT DREW YOU TO CREATING THIS.
>> DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST, OR
SHALL I?
>> THANK YOU.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE
TO BE INVITED TO BE PART OF
TELLING THIS STORY.
SIR NICHOLAS WINTON IS
WELL-KNOWN IN BRITAIN.
I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S THE SAME IN
AMERICA.
HE WAS A MODEST MAN WHO NEVER
SOUGHT ATTENTION FOR THE
CONTRIBUTION THAT HE MADE
TOWARDS SAVING THE LIVES OF
THESE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF
CHILDREN.
TOWARDS THE END OF HIS LIFE, HE
WAS FORCIBLY OUTED ON A SHOW
"THAT’S LIFE," A BRITISH
INSTITUTION.
THAT’S WHAT THE FILM DRAMATIZES,
THE TREMENDOUS EFFORT OF HIM AND
HIS COLLEAGUES TO RESCUE
HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN IN THE TICK TICKING TIMEBOMB BEFORE THE WAR
AND HIS RELUCTANCE TO SEEK
ANYTHING FROM THAT.
>> EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIPS
THAT PLAY OUT.
>> FOR ME, IT WAS A NO BRAINER.
SOMETIMES, SOME JOBS YOU -- THIS
WAS -- IT’S THE STORY AND THE
CHARACTER.
HE IS SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN.
HE IS LIKE AN EVERYDAY HERO.
I THINK SUCH AN EXAMPLE AND AN
INSPIRATION TO ANY OF US WHO
FEEL IMPOTENT IN THE MIDST OF
CHAOS -- OF WORLD CHAOS.
I HAD MY OWN SORT OF
RELATIONSHIP IN THE SENSE,
SIMILAR TO YOU, THAT MY
GRANDFATHER WAS A SIMILAR HELPER
OF HELPING JEWISH LIVES.
I THOUGHT IT WAS SORT OF IN MY
DNA.
I THINK IT’S AN EXTRAORDINARY
STORY FROM WHICH WE CAN GAIN
INSPIRATION IN A TIME WHEN IT’S
QUITE -- WHEN WE’RE ALL SOMEWHAT
IN THE DARK AS TO HOW TO DO AND
HOW CAN WE HELP.
I LOVE HIS EXAMPLE SAYING,
THERE’S DIFFERENT KINDS OF
GOODNESS.
PASSIVE GOODNESS AND ACTIVE
GOODNESS.
THE RELATIONSHIPS ARE --
>> SORRY, THERE’S A DELAY.
>> PASSIVE GOODNESS AND ACTIVE
GOODNESS, AND AS HE SAID IN HIS
OPINION, THE GIVING OF YOUR TIME
AND ENERGY IN THE ALIEVLEVIATING
PAIN DEFINES ACTIVE GOODNESS.
I PLAYED HIS MUM.
I THOUGHT IT WAS INTRIGUING.
I’VE NEVER SEEN SUCH AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT
MOTHER/SON RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH
SHE WAS JEWISH AND GERMAN.
I COME FROM THAT SIMILAR
BACKGROUND.
HAVING SAID THAT, IT’S IMPORTANT
TO SAY THAT WINTON SAVED THEM
FROM A POINT OF HUMANITY, AND HE
WAS SOMEBODY AGNOSTIC ALTHOUGH
OF JEWISH EXTRACTION.
>> THANK YOU FOR HANDLING THIS
DELAY.
HELENA, I’M SORRY, WE HAVE THIS
DELAY THAT HAS US TALK OVER EACH
OTHER.
I WANT TO CHIME IN FOR A
QUESTION THAT MIGHT LEAD TO WHAT
YOU WERE ABOUT TO SAY.
I WILL ADD THAT MY GRANDMOTHER
ON MY FATHER’S SIDE HELPED A LOT
OF POLISH JEWS RECEIVE PASSPORTS
AND ESCAPE.
I’M SEEING THIS FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES.
MY QUESTION IS TO BOTH OF YOU.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE BEYOND THE
INCREDIBLE STORYTELLING HERE AND
THE INCREDIBLE ACTING AND THE
RELATIONSHIPS AND THE
CHARACTERS, WHAT DO YOU HOPE THE
AUDIENCE WILL TAKE AWAY FROM
SEEING THIS?
HELENA?
>> FROM WHAT I GATHER -- IT’S
BEEN A VERY -- THE FILM HAS BEEN
VERY WELL RECEIVED HERE.
KEEP ON GETTING LOTS AND LOTS OF
RESPONSES OF PEOPLE FEELING
VERY, VERY MOVED AND FEELING
IT’S EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED.
THEY HAVE COME OUT WITH A SENSE
OF EMPOWERMENT AND A SENSE OF
FEELING THAT THEY CAN -- EVERY
SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, WHOEVER THEY ARE -- IT’S TO BE STRESSED,
WINTON WAS AN EVERYMAN, A
STOCKBROKER.
IF HE CAN DO WHAT HE DID, IT HAS
THE POWER -- IT’S A MESSAGE OF
HOPE AND COMPASSION AND HUMANITY
IN A TIME WHERE WE ARE FEELING
QUITE A LOT OF INTOLERANCE, TO
SAY THE LEAST.
>> RAMALLAH?
>> I COMPLETELY AGREE.
I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS AND
FAMILY WHO HAVE SEEN THE FILM.
YOU DON’T ALWAYS HAVE PEOPLE
MESSAGING YOU AFTERWARDS.
THEY DON’T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL
BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T LIKED IT.
EVERYONE IN MY LIFE HAS BEEN SO
MOVED BY THE FILM.
I THINK THAT’S BECAUSE
PARTICULARLY RIGHT NOW IT’S EASY
TO FORGET THAT HUMAN BEINGS CAN
BE INCREDIBLE, SELFLESS, MODEST,
ENTIRELY GIVING OF THEMSELVES
AND INCREDIBLY BRAVE GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO AND BE SO.
IT’S A TRUE TESTAMENT OF WHAT IS
BEST ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS AT A
TIME WHEN I THINK WE REALLY NEED
THAT.
WE NEED TO BE REMINDED OF WHAT
HUMAN BEINGS DO AND CAN ACHIEVE
WITHOUT SEEKING ANY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR IT.
I THINK IT’S AN INCREDIBLY LIFE
LIFE-AFFIRMING AND OPTIMISTIC
FILM.
>> IT OPENS NATIONWIDE THIS
FRIDAY, MARCH 15th.
THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH FOR