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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Miramax Films | Release Date: November 7, 2008

Summary: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a powerful fictional story that offers a unique perspective on how prejudice, hatred and violence affect innocent people, particularly children, during wartime. Through the eyes of an eight-year-old boy largely shielded from the reality of World War II, we witness a forbidden friendship that forms between Bruno, the son of Nazi commandant, and Shmuel, a Jewish boy held captive in a concentration camp. Though the two are separated physically by a barbed wire fence, their lives become inescapably intertwined. The imagined story of Bruno and Shmuel sheds light on the brutality, senselessness and devastating consequences of war from an unusual point of view. Together, their tragic journey helps recall the millions of innocent victims of the Holocaust. (Miramax Films)

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Runtime:	94 min
Rating:	Rated PG-13 for some mature thematic material involving the Holocaust.
Production:	BBC Films
Genres:	Drama, Thriller, War
Countries:	USA, UK
Language:	English
Home Release Date:	Mar 10, 2009

Director	Credit
Mark Herman	Director

Writer	Credit
John Boyne	Writer
Mark Herman	Writer

Principal Cast	Credit
Asa Butterfield	Bruno
David Thewlis	Father

Cast	Credit
Amber Beattie	Gretel
Béla Fesztbaum	Schultz
Cara Horgan	Maria
Charlie Baker	Palm Court Singer
Domonkos Németh	Martin
Henry Kingsmill	Karl
Iván Verebély	Meinberg
László Áron	Lars
Richard Johnson	Grandpa
Sheila Hancock	Grandma
Vera Farmiga	Elsa - Mother
Zac Mattoon O'Brien	Leon
Zsuzsa Holl	Berlin Cook

Producer	Credit
Christine Langan	Executive Producer
David Heyman	Producer
Mark Herman	Executive Producer
Mary Richards	Line Producer
Rosie Alison	Co-Producer