Ok, let’s get straight to the point! Never Forget is the upcoming movie, loosely based on the documentary On Moral Grounds, which depicts one woman’s quest to reimburse Holocaust survivors who were swindle out of their heir’s insurance policies by a European insurance company.
Guess who has reportedly been offered the lead role? That lady from our title, lovely Sandra Bullock.
Of course, there is no guarantee that Bullock will take the role, since, let us remind you, she has recently passed on New Line’s Our Wild Life, about an animal conservationist in Kenya who devoted her life to preventing the extinction of elephants, as well as Disney’s The Odd Life about a family whose lives are touched by an unexpected child.
Do you think this kind of story is something she could be interested in?
“Shot on location in Eastern Europe and in the courtrooms of the United States, On Moral Grounds brings to light the saga of WWII restitution and the stories of those who have sought justice for half a century.
One man, Adolf Stern, takes us on an emotional journey that mirrors similar quests by thousands of other Holocaust survivors. After being liberated from Buchenwald, Adolf, penniless, traveled to Prague to redeem his father’s life insurance.
Rather than being consoled as a survivor of unspeakable horrors, he was thrown out of the insurance company office. He was told: “No death certificate, no insurance claim.”
Not until 1996 did the matter arise again. Adolf’s niece, attorney Lisa Stern, heard the story through family members. Lisa teamed up with the pioneer of bad faith insurance law, William Shernoff, and set off on an incomparable legal odyssey.
Against all odds, the two lawyers were determined to right the wrong perpetrated on Adolf and other survivors by insurance companies, which were supposed to take care of their policyholders in times of need.
This David and Goliath account explores how persistence and powerful advocacy can achieve justice for wrongs committed half a century ago in a foreign land.”
Well, let’s wait and see!
