The Boy In The Striped Pajamas
The Boy In The Striped Pajamas
DRAMA- Rated PG-13
Cast
| Vera Farmiga | [Mother] |
| David Thewlis | [Father] |
| Rupert Friend | [Lt. Kotler] |
| David Hayman | [Pavel] |
| Asa Butterfield | [Bruno] |
| Jack Scanlon | [Schmuel] |
Genres
What happens?
Based on The New York Times best-selling novel by John Boyne, THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS is a powerful fictional story that offers a unique perspective on how prejudice, hatred and violence affect innocent people, particularly children, during wartime. Through the eyes of an eight-year-old boy largely shielded from the reality of World War II, we witness a forbidden friendship that forms between Bruno, the son of Nazi commandant, and Shmuel, a Jewish boy held captive in a concentration camp.
Though the two are separated physically by a barbed wire fence, their lives become inescapably intertwined. The imagined story of Bruno and Shmuel sheds light on the brutality, senselessness and devastating consequences of war from an unusual point of view. Together, their tragic journey helps recall the millions of innocent victims of the Holocaust.
In depth
Film Review: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
By Ray Bennett
The Hollywood Reporter
Excerpt
September 11, 2008
LONDON -- The home life of the Nazi commandant of a World War II concentration camp appears bizarrely serene in Mark Herman's grave and powerful drama "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas," but the innocent are b...
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