One Life - Characters & Cast

To tidy his affairs before he dies and to ensure the history of the children is preserved, even if he feels unworthy of praise.

Starts as a man quietly tormented by the past, hoarding his memories as evidence of failure. Through the intervention of his wife and the media, he moves from private guilt to public acceptance, finally understanding that his efforts were enough.

The moral impossibility of doing nothing after witnessing the suffering in the Prague refugee camps.

Transforms from a comfortable socialist bystander into a relentless activist. He learns that good intentions are useless without logistical execution, hardening his resolve against bureaucracy.

Protecting her son and saving her people from the tyranny she knows is coming.

She serves as Nicky's rock and strategic partner in London. A German-Jewish immigrant herself, she uses her fierce articulation and experience with prejudice to bully the British bureaucracy into compliance.

To help her husband find peace and to declutter their home.

She pushes Nicky to confront his hoarding and his past. She is the gentle force that steers the scrapbook out of the house and into the world, facilitating his catharsis.