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Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
 
© Miramax Films (2008)
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Genre
Drama / War
   
Synopsis

Based on the best selling novel by John Boyne. Berlin, 1942 - Eight-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that his father was promoted and he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pajamas. Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation, as their secret meetings result in a friendship that has startling and devastating consequences.

   
Directed by  
Mark Herman
   
Written by  
John Boyne (novel); Mark Herman (screenplay).
   
Starring  
Asa Butterfield (Bruno); Zac Mattoon O'Brien (Leon); Domonkos Németh (Martin); Henry Kingsmill (Karl); Vera Farmiga (Mother); Cara Horgan (Maria); Zsuzsa Holl (Berlin Cook); Amber Beattie (Gretel); László Áron (Lars); David Thewlis (Father); Richard Johnson (Grandpa); Sheila Hancock (Grandma); Iván Verebély (Meinberg); Béla Fesztbaum (Schultz); Attila Egyed (Heinz). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
 

Length (mins):
94
Ratings:
PG13 (12A)
Language:
ENG

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  Raises a lot of questions and discussions on the tragic effects of war  
  Robert Grima (Malta)  
  Opinion: Recommended  
This is a movie that raises a lot of questions and discussions on the tragic effects of war. I personally left the cinema stunned on what I had just saw! It's an extremely important movie to watch. I truly hope politicians all over the world watch this movie and learn from it.

 

 

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