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Steal a Pencil for Me (2007) -- The troubled marriage of Jaap and Manja Polak, who lived in German occupied Amsterdam
Steal a Pencil for Me (2007) -- 1940- The Nazis invade a neutral Holland and Jews are later deported. Jack, his wife and his new love, Ina, find themselves in the same barrack in a concentration camp. When Jack's wife objects to the 'girlfriend' in spite of their unhappy marriage, Jack

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Director:
Michèle Ohayon
Writer:
Michèle Ohayon (writer)
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Genre:
Documentary | Romance more
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STEAL A PENCIL FOR ME is a compelling documentary feature film by Academy Award® nominee Michèle Ohayon... more | add synopsis
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Man, wife, girlfriend, Holocaust more (1 total)

Cast

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Jean-Pierre Gillain ... Young Jaap's hand shots
Jeroen Krabbé ... Jack Polak (voice)
Marieke Oudejans ... Ina's hands
Jack Polak ... Himself
Ina Soep ... Herself
Ellen Ten Damme ... Ina Soep (voice)
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Runtime:
USA:94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Dutch
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
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7 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Man, wife, girlfriend, Holocaust, 6 March 2008
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Author: ILLPIRATA from Los Angeles

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The stars of this film, and they really are stars, met in Amsterdam as Hitler's rampage got under way. Miraculously they were transported to the same concentration camps not once but twice. Despite the fact that he was married to another woman Jaap courted the younger Ina and their love and their luck somehow delivered them from an evil so appalling that it is still impossible to grasp. Every smile from these two wonderful people and every laugh they have together reminded me of Steinbeck's comment in East Of Eden: "It occurs to me that evil must constantly re-spawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal." Certainly Jaap & Ina show us that goodness still walks amongst us in this world but the terror of what they went through in '43,'44 & '45 reminds us that all it takes is one man with a cold-heart and a clever tongue for evil to be reborn.

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