One Life | 2024 | PG | – 1.4.3

Why is “One Life” rated PG? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “thematic material, smoking and some language.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a couple of kisses, many scenes of people fleeing their homes in fear of an invading army, children being separated from their mothers, discussions of concentration camps, discussions of people being taken, tortured and killed, and some moderate language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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Based on the true story of a man (Anthony Hopkins), who rescued 669 children during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia during World War II. Also with Lena Olin, Johnny Flynn, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Steed, Matilda Thorpe, Daniel Brown, Alex Sharp, Jirí Simek and Romola Garai. Directed by James Hawes. Several lines of dialogue are spoken in German, Czech and French with English subtitles. [Running Time: 1:50]

One Life SEX/NUDITY 1

 – A husband and his wife kiss and hug in a few scenes. A man and a woman hug at a train station in several scenes.
► Three men are shown shirtless on TV and we see their bare chests and abdomens briefly. A man wears swim trunks and dives into a swimming pool (we see his bare chest, abdomen, shoulders, back and legs). A woman wears a cropped top that reveals part of her bare abdomen. A woman wears an off-the-shoulder dress that reveals her bare shoulder and partial cleavage.

One Life VIOLENCE/GORE 4

 – People are shown fleeing Austria to Prague in 1938 after the Nazi occupation; we see people living in squalor, freezing and starving in several camps and dying from disease in several scenes; a woman cries over her dead infant, wrapped in cloth. We see people scrambling to hide and burn documents and get out of Prague as Nazi forces move through the streets and we hear that they are replacing the government.
► A man has many flashbacks to efforts to save thousands of children that have become refugees. Children are taken from their mothers at a train station by soldiers and the women reach for the children as they cry (we see this in a few scenes). Families are separated and we hear that some are never reunited.
► People describe someone being beaten and thrown down a flight of stairs, and then taken to a concentration camp. Nazi flags are shown draped on buildings in Prague. We hear that 669 children were relocated to safety during the rescue process. A woman describes her father being tortured and sent to Auschwitz and that her mother died from illness. A remark is made about people being “gassed in concentration camps.” We hear that Germany is invading Poland. We hear that a train filled with 250 children was stopped by the Nazis before they could reach Britain and that many of the children were later taken to concentration camps where we are told they likely perished. We hear that a man was taken for running a newspaper and speaking out against the Nazis. A woman says that many children will not survive the winter in Prague. A young girl holds an infant in several scenes and a woman says that they don’t know whose child it is, guessing that the parents are either dead or in a concentration camp. A letter reads, “Refujews go home.” A soldier on a train filled with refugee children asks, “Why does England want all these Jews?” People discuss the steps that need to be taken to transport thousands of children from Prague to England to save them from an invading army. News reports discuss deportation. News reports detail “Black Monday” and the stock market crashes. People discuss finding foster families for children and read requests for children of certain ages, sexes and hair colors. A man panics and tells his children to run away from a man when he thinks he is German. A man describes working at a help center and taking a call from a woman that wanted to kill herself.
► Several scenes show a man breaking down in tears and feeling guilty for not being able to save more children. A woman is upset with her husband for all the things that he is collecting and hoarding (papers, office supplies and other things). People throw documents and photos of children onto a burning pile to keep the information from an invading army. A man piles up a mound of papers and books and sets them on fire in his backyard. A woman lights candles on a Christmas tree.

One Life LANGUAGE 3

 – 1 scatological term, 1 anatomical term, 3 mild obscenities, name-calling (idiot, master race, apoplectic, twit, bastards), exclamations (crikey, goodness, bloody), 7 religious exclamations (e.g. oh God, dear God, thank God, Christ). | profanity glossary |

One Life SUBSTANCE USE

 – People drink glasses of liquor at a card table, a man drinks a glass of brandy, people drink wine in a restaurant, and people drink shots of liquor in a few bar scenes. People smoke cigarettes in many scenes.

One Life DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – World War II, Nazi occupation of countries, Nazi invasion of Poland, Nazi concentration camps, grief, guilt, suicide, chaos, bureaucracy, trust, protocol, decency, kindness, being realistic, history, fatal illness, faith in ordinary people, agnostics, socialists, saving lives.

One Life MESSAGE

 – Even against insurmountable odds, making an effort to help will have an impact.