Steal a Pencil for Me

Steal a Pencil for Me (2007)

Not Rated 10 Mar 2007 • Documentary, Romance • 1h 34m
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STEAL A PENCIL FOR ME is a compelling documentary feature film by Academy Award® nominee Michèle Ohayon about the power of love and the ability of humankind to rise above unimaginable suffering. 1943: Holland is under total Nazi occupation. In Amsterdam, Jack, an unassuming accountant, first meets Ina at a birthday party - a 20-year-old beauty from a wealthy diamond manufacturing family who instantly steals his heart. But Jack's pursuit of love will be complicated; he is poor and married to Manja, a flirtatious and mercurial spouse. When the Jews are being deported, the husband, the wife and the lover find themselves at the same concentration camp; actually living in the same barracks. When Jack's wife objects to the "girlfriend" in spite of their unhappy marriage, Jack and Ina resort to writing secret love letters, which sustain them throughout the horrible circumstances of the war. Jack: "I'm a very special Holocaust survivor. I was in the camps with my wife and my girlfriend; and believe me, it wasn't easy."

Michèle Ohayon
Director
Michèle Ohayon
Writer
J.P. Gillain, Jeroen Krabbé, Marieke Oudejans
Starring

Language: English, Dutch
Awards:
Country: United States
Metacritic Score: 69
DVD Release Date: 05 Dec 2016
Box Office Total: $18,918

7.5

IMDb (429 votes)
95%
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