The Oscar-nominated film that evoked family memories for its Jewish producer

As memories of his family came to mind, “I said, ‘I know these people,’” he told JTA. “Not because they are some distant relatives that I’ve heard of, but because I am the grandson of one of those kids who were in the film.”

Daniel Dreifuss

Daniel Dreifuss (Linked-In)

The original adaptation of the 1928 novel All Quiet on the Western Front, which was directed by the Jewish director Lewis Milestone, won the Oscar for best film in 1930. The Nazis came to denounce it as a “Judenfilm”.

“I love that my name will be associated with a story that was deemed degenerate by that regime,” the Brazilian-born producer told JTA.

Among the other contenders for best picture at tonight’s Oscars is Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical The Fabelmans.

Meanwhile, Mr Dreifuss’s next project, a mini-series about CIA operations in the Middle East produced with the co-creators of Fauda, is due to reach screens later in the year.

READ MORE: review of The Fabelmans