Nicky's Family

Name: Nicky's Family
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Documentary
Released: July 19, 2013
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 52

2013

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Menemsha Entertainment | Release Date: July 19, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: Nicholas Winton, an Englishman (today 102 years old) organized the rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children just before the outbreak of World War II. Winton, now 102 years old, did not speak about these events with anyone for more than half a century. His exploits would have probably been forgotten if his wife, fifty years later, had notNicholas Winton, an Englishman (today 102 years old) organized the rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children just before the outbreak of World War II. Winton, now 102 years old, did not speak about these events with anyone for more than half a century. His exploits would have probably been forgotten if his wife, fifty years later, had not found a suitcase in the attic, full of documents and transport plans. Today the story of this rescue is known all over the world. 120,000 children in the Czech Republic signed a petition to award Nicholas Winton the Nobel Prize for Peace. Dozens of Winton's children have been found and to this day his family has grown to almost 6,000 people, many of whom have gone on to achieve great things themselves. It is incredible that all these people live due to the heroic deeds of one man - Sir Nicholas Winton.… Expand

Director: Matej Minac

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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Anita Gates

Jul 18, 2013

An enthralling documentary. Read full review

Loren King

Jul 16, 2013

Winton’s inspiring story deserves greater attention but this film isn’t the best representation of it. Read full review

Barbara VanDenburgh

Mar 28, 2013

The story is good enough to tell itself, and the filmmakers should have let it. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Jul 18, 2013

Hokey reenactments of the war years do the film no favors, but it’s worth sticking them out to witness a humanity that never could be faked. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Jul 18, 2013

It’s a compelling story, and Minac has told it before, notably in 2002’s “The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton.” This new documentary seems aimed at a classroom audience. Read full review

Robert Abele

Jul 17, 2013

There's a great story at the heart of Matej Minac's documentary Nicky's Family, if only it were allowed to be told unvarnished. Read full review

Rob Humanick

Jul 18, 2013

This is a powerful chapter in our human history, but it's made melodramatic and dull through Matej Minac's indulgence of hokey reenactments and sound-augmented archival footage. Read full review

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