Palm Beach International Film Festival

BREAKING NEWS

2007 Film lineup and schedule announced!

Official Design & Hosting by
The Palm Beach FAX Company

2007 Festival

12th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival, April 19 - 26, 2007

2007 Official Festival Poster
Designed by local artist
Deborah Bottoroff
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Synopsis : Beate Thalberg's critically acclaimed documentary tells the story of two German families, whose ways first cross in the 1930s. Karl Amson Joel owned the fourth largest mail order company in Germany, but has to leave Germany with is family due to his Jewish roots in 1933. Meanwhile, the Neckermann family gains his business empire by profiteering from the Nazi expropriation laws. Almost seventy years later, their descendants, among them pop star Billy Joel, meet in Vienna to confront themselves and each other with their
common history...

Premiere Status : Florida
Country of Origin : Austria/Germany/USA
Language : English
Runtime : 59 min
Genre : Documentary
Producers : Rudi Dolezal, H. Rossacher
Director : Beate Thalberg
Writer : na
Cast : Billy Joel & Family & Neckermenn Family
Website : na