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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" is a fictional story that offers a unique perspective on how prejudice, hatred and violence affect innocent people, particularly children, during wartime. Through the lens 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.
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
By GARY THOMPSON, thompsg@phillynews.com
Posted 11/06/2008
The grim calculus of responsible Holocaust art hangs morbidly over "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas." It's a movie made with the right ethical credentials, having assimilated the Primo Levy/Elie Weisel critiques about Holocaust narratives - if you're going to attempt them, you've got to honor the essence of the Holocaust, and the essence is murder. » Read more
Asa Butterfield and Vera Farmiga as son and mother, living near a Nazi death camp with an SS father, in "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas."
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
By Steven Rea, Inquirer Movie Critic
Posted 11/06/2008
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas has a storybook innocence about it, by design. A haunting Holocaust tale with a chilling end, writer-director Mark Herman's film is adapted from the young person's novel by John Boyne. Its protagonist is a 9-year-old German boy, Bruno (Asa Butterfield). His father (David Thewlis) is an SS commandant, » Read more
 
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MPAA rating:
PG-13
for some mature thematic material involving the Holocaust
Cast:
David Heyman; Sheila Hancock; Vera Farmiga; Jim Norton; Amber Beattie; Cara Horgan; Rupert Friend; Asa Butterfield; David Thewlis; Richard Johnson
Directed by:
Mark Herman
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Official Site
Genre:
Drama
Running time:
01:33
Release date:
2008
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