Steal a Pencil for Me
“The incredible true story of a love imprisoned”
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.
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Cast
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Michèle Ohayon
J.P. Gillain
Young Jaap's hand shots
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Bryan O'Brien
Jeroen Krabbé
Jack Polak
Theo van de Sande
Marieke Oudejans
Ina's hands
Jack Polak
Jack Polak
Ted Sarandos
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Ina Soep
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Jos van der Linden
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Michèle Ohayon Director · Theo van de Sande Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $19K · United States release January 1, 2007 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$18,921
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 1, 2007
Theatrical
Brazil
October 17, 2008 · São Paulo International Film Festival
Germany
February 14, 2008 · Berlin International Film Festival
Japan
March 21, 2010 · TV premiere
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