The Fury of the Entire World

Sat 21 Apr. 5700 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore, 21215. Robin RoseSamuels, 410.542.4900, x271. Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore - [email][events]

William and Irene Weinberg Family Baltimore Jewish Film Festival Apr 21, 2007 Department: Arts & Culture Location and Time: Gordon Center For Performing Arts The Fury of the Entire World Cost: $9/person For More Information Contact: Claudine Davison, 410.542.4900, x239 Tonight's Show: The Fury of the Entire World Netherlands 2005; Director: Guido Pieters Dutch with English subtitles; 91 min.

A series of events, starting in 1940, form the ingredients of an intriguing thriller that takes place in the small Dutch fishing village of Maassluis. Someone has murdered Joost Vroom during an evangelical assembly in the village in 1958. Vroost was a despised policeman during WWII who took over Jewish businesses and properties at very low prices. Twelve year-old Alexander, a gifted musician who is playing piano for the assembly, is the only eyewitness to the murder. Years later, Alexander begins to look for answers. One of his suspects is his future father-in-law, the mysterious conductor Aron Oberstein who went into hiding in Maassluis, after the fishing boat he tried to escape on was intercepted by the Germans. Vroost was the skipper and owner of the boat. It is at Alexander’s wedding banquet that the shocking truth is finally revealed.

Guest Speaker: Jay Wolf Schlossberg-Cohen, Artist and Filmmaker