Steal a Pencil for Me

A compelling doc about the power of love and people’s ability to rise above unimaginable suffering. 1943: Holland is under Nazi occupation. In Amsterdam, Jack, an unassuming accountant, first meets Ina at a birthday party - a 20-year-old beauty from a wealthy family who instantly steals his heart. But Jack's pursuit of love will be complicated; he is poor and married to flirtatious and mercurial Manja.

When the Jews are being deported, the husband, the wife and the lover find themselves at the same concentration camp, 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 reflects on his experience: "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."

"Extraordinary...a sublime recollection of indefatigable affection and dedication in the face of enormous misery." (Brian Orndorf, efilmcritic.com)