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It is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by John Boyne. Set in Nazi-occupied Poland, the film follows the son of a Schutzstaffel officer who befriends a Jewish prisoner of his age. It was released in the United Kingdom on 12 September 2008.
- $44.1 million
- James Horner
- $12.5 million
- David Heyman
Nov 26, 2008 · With Asa Butterfield, Zac Mattoon O'Brien, Domonkos Németh, Henry Kingsmill. 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.
- (236K)
- Drama, War
- Mark Herman
- 2008-11-26
Nov 5, 2008 · Bruno ( Asa Butterfield) is a boy growing up in a comfy household in Berlin, circa 1940. His dad ( David Thewlis) goes off to the office every day. He's a Nazi official. Bruno doesn't think about that much, but he's impressed by his ground-level view of his father's stature.
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When his family moves to Poland, the young son of a Nazi concentration camp commander befriends a boy living behind barbed wire, unaware he’s a prisoner. Watch trailers & learn more.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a 2006 historical fiction novel by Irish novelist John Boyne. The plot concerns a German boy named Bruno whose father is the commandant of Auschwitz and Bruno's friendship with a Jewish detainee named Shmuel.
- John Boyne
- 216
- 2006
- 6 January 2006
Nov 7, 2008 · During World War II, 8-year-old Bruno (Asa Butterfield) and his family leave Berlin to take up residence near the concentration camp where his father (David Thewlis) has just become commandant ...
- (146)
- Drama, History
- PG-13
Details. A forbidden friendship forms between Bruno, the son of a Nazi commandant, and Schmuel, a Jewish boy held captive in a concentration camp. Though separated physically by a barbed wire fence, their lives become inescapably intertwined.
