Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us.
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
- 7.8
- 2008
- Released
- 1h 34m
Asa Butterfield
Bruno
Vera Farmiga
Mother
David Thewlis
Father
Jack Scanlon
Shmuel
Amber Beattie
Gretel
Rupert Friend
Lieutenant Kotler
David Hayman
Pavel
Sheila Hancock
Grandma
Richard Johnson
Grandpa
Cara Horgan
Maria
Jim Norton
Herr Liszt
Zac Mattoon O'Brien
LeonDomonkos Németh
MartinHenry Kingsmill
KarlZsuzsa Holl
Berlin Cook
László Áron
Lars
Charlie Baker
Palm Court Singer
Iván Verebély
Meinberg
Béla Fesztbaum
SchultzAttila Egyed
HeinzLászló Nádasi
Isaak
László Quitt
Kapo 1
Mihály Szabados
Kapo 2Zsolt Sáfár Kovács
Kapo 3 SonderkommandoGábor Harsai
Elderly Jewish Man
Julia Papp
Dancer (uncredited)
Released
en
$12,500,000.00
$20,416,563.00
- #based on novel or book
- #nazi
- #nationalism
- #concentration camp
- #world war ii
- #gas chamber
- #concentration camp prisoner
- #children in wartime
- #anxious
Reviews
Not convinced this is a greatly made movie, but it sure does pack a punch! <em>'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'</em> makes for good viewing for the majority, though that ending really is quite something - startling in fact, and that's even with me sensing it. The aforementioned is because, as well as the way the film builds in general, I'm pretty certain I watched this at high school; just not