The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

2008 · 1h 34m · PG-13

Original title: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

7.7/10
IMDb · 271,521
78%
TMDB · 7,812
55
Metacritic
65%
Rotten Tomatoes

Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us.

Through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.

Full synopsis

Bruno an eight-year-old boy from Berlin, Germany is moved with his mother, Elder sister, SS Commander father to a countryside in Europe where his father powers over a concentration camp for Jews. Bruno went "exploring" one day and befriended a child his age named Shmuel. Shmuel was a Jew. The boy became good friends until Bruno was scheduled to move to a new location.

Period DramaPrison DramaPsychological DramaTragedyDramaHistoryWar

Crew

Cast (23)

Asa Butterfield Asa Butterfield Bruno Vera Farmiga Vera Farmiga Mother David Thewlis David Thewlis Father Jack Scanlon Jack Scanlon Shmuel Amber Beattie Amber Beattie Gretel Rupert Friend Rupert Friend Lieutenant Kotler David Hayman David Hayman Pavel Sheila Hancock Sheila Hancock Grandma Richard Johnson Richard Johnson Grandpa Cara Horgan Cara Horgan Maria Jim Norton Jim Norton Herr Liszt Zac Mattoon O'Brien Leon Henry Kingsmill Karl Zsuzsa Holl Berlin Cook László Áron László Áron Lars Charlie Baker Charlie Baker Palm Court Singer Iván Verebély Iván Verebély Meinberg Béla Fesztbaum Béla Fesztbaum Schultz Attila Egyed Heinz László Nádasi Isaak Mihály Szabados Mihály Szabados Kapo 2 Zsolt Sáfár Kovács Kapo 3 Sonderkommando Julia Papp Julia Papp Dancer (uncredited)