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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: WESTLAKE ENTERTAINMENT INC EAN: 0798622357625 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: Westlake Entertainment Languages: Manufacturer: Westlake Entertainment MPN: WLV3576 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Westlake Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 13, 2008 Running Time: 94 minutes Studio: Westlake Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Editorial Review: Product Description: The true story of the troubled marriage of Jaap and Manja Polak who lived in German occupied Amsterdam. During the war Jaap met and fell in love with Ina Soep. In the Westerbork transit camp they found themselves in the same barrack as well as later in Bergen Belsen. The husband the wife and the girlfriend. This is their story as documented in Jaap and Ina s epistle memoir Steal a Pencil for Me.System Requirements:Running Time: 94 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 798622357625 Manufacturer No: WLV3576 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Steal a Pencil for MeThe story was fascinating, but for me, I would have preferred to see more "live action" type video, not so many still photos. NEvertheless, the story was fascinating. Rating:  - touchingThis movie is well worth the money and the time it takes to watch it. The love between these two gentle souls...the courage and the strength that they drew from one anothers words is indescribable. I have been telling everyone that I know that is interested in WWII and the holocaust to rent/buy this movie -- the fact that Ina and Jaap are both still alive, and still able to remember and relive their time in the concentration camps is unbelievable. You will not be dissapointed with this movie. ... Read More Rating: - great testament of the human spirit...This was a real interesting take on the Holocaust. It really shows the "realness" of the lives that it touched. Not everyone might agree with the background of the love story, but it is love none the less and shows basic human nature continued even through the dramatic and painful period of the Holocaust. Jaap and Ina's story is a great testament to the human spirit. The best part of the documentary was when he spoke to the school children as he and Ina walked the path in Westerbrook so many years ... Read More Rating: - Love amidst the HolcaustSteal a Pencil for Me is a wonderful documentary telling the compelling love story of 2 people caught in the roundup of Jews in Holland. It is quite suitable for children over age 11 to watch, in that it does not show torture or ovens, etc. Rating: - Love triumphs over evilThis is above all a beautiful love story about two people who seemed destined to be together. Jaap and Ina kept each other buoyed up (and perhaps alive) through the difficulties of Westerbork and the horrors of Bergen-Belsen through secretive love letters. While it is also an informative documentary about the Holocaust, it is primarily a love story that is inspirational and awe-inspiring. "Steal A Pencil for Me" is an important component of all the varied stories of the victims of ... Read More |
