The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
Set during WWII, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.
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Top Billed Cast
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Bruno -
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Martin
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Karl
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Mother -
Maria -
Berlin Cook
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Gretel -
Lars
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Father -
Grandpa -
Grandma -
Palm Court Singer
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Meinberg
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Schultz
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Director:
Mark HermanWriters:
John Boyne (novel), Mark Herman (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
Awards
7 wins & 7 nominations.Reviews & Commentary
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Trivia
Some parts in the movie is of some parts of the story of Rudolph Höss, a two-time commander in Auschwitz. The name "Ralf" is a play with names. His wife did not want him "in bed" after realizing what they where doing in the camp (whereupon he was ... ...
Quotes
Mother:
Hello, sweetheart.
Bruno:
Mum, what's going on?
Mother:
We're celebrating.
Bruno:
Celebrating?
Mother:
Mm, your father's been given a promotion.
Gretel:
That means a better job.
Bruno:
I know what promotion is.
Mother:
So we're having a little party to celebrate.
Bruno:
He's still going to be a soldier ...
Mother:
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Goofs
Near the end of the film Bruno and Shumel are led on a march with other Jewish inmates to the gas chambers by Sonderkommandos. In reality though Sonderkommandos despite having no choice but to work for the Nazis didn't help to kill the other Jews but instead helped to dispose of the dead after the Jews were gassed to death.
Crazy Credits
Quotation displayed before the opening titles: "Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows - John Betjeman"
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Plot Summary
Genres
Drama | WarDetails
Release Date:
26 November 2008Language
English
Country of Origin
UK, USABox Office
Budget:
$12,500,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£513,653 (UK) (14 September 2008)
Gross:
$9,030,581 (USA) (18 January 2009)
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