The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-11-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (116885 Reviews)

Director:

Mark Herman

Genres:

Drama War

Cast:

Asa Butterfield Zac Mattoon O'Brien Domonkos Nèmeth Henry Kingsmill

Writer:

John Boyne (novel)

Mark Herman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and SS Commandant father. The family relocates to the countryside where his father is assigned to take command a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another youth, strangely dressed in striped pajamas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electrified fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews awaiting extermination.

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