Steal a Pencil for Me (2007)
The incredible true story of a love imprisoned
94 min
1943, The Netherlands 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.
- Release date
- January 1, 2007
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Joseph Julián González
- Box office
- $18,921
Cast
- J.P. Gillain as Young Jaap's hand shots
- Jeroen Krabbé as Jack Polak
- Marieke Oudejans as Ina's hands
- Jack Polak as Self
- Ina Soep as Self
- Ellen ten Damme as Ina Soep
Crew
- Michèle Ohayon · Director
- Michèle Ohayon · Writer
- Michèle Ohayon · Producer
- Theo van de Sande · Producer
- Joseph Julián González · Composer
- Theo van de Sande · Cinematographer
- Kate Amend · Editor