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The Boy in Striped Pyjamas

Release Date 12 Sep 2008 TBA

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Certificate: 12A

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"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" is a fictional story that offers a unique perspective on how prejudice, hatred and violence affect innocent people, particularly children, during wartime. Through the lens 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.

Cast:
Vera Farmiga | David Thewlis | Rupert Friend | Richard Johnson | Sheila Hancock | Jim Norton | David Heyman | Asa Butterfield | Cara Horgan | Amber Beattie

Writers:
John Boyne | Mark Herman

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Directors:
Mark Herman

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    • Currently 5/5 Stars.

    razorblade_kiss

    An amazing movie, having not read the book, I only had the trailer to go. I was certainly not expecting a movie that good. I won't lie, a tear or two may have been shed, the cast are great but Farmiga and Friend are brilliant. But of course Asa Butterfield is just great, his eyes just are just full of innocence. The first scene in the movie that sets up the innocence of children while everything is going on around them is just perfect. Mark Herman has made a movie that no one can fault.

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    Massman

    Great job in bringing this book alive and to the big screen!

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    roganjosh

    Unbelievable. Our first Oscar contender

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