The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
2008
Based on the novel by John Boyne and set during World War 2, "The Boy In Striped Pyjamas" tells the story of Bruno, when his life is forever changed after he and his family move to a remote new home, and he strikes up a friendship with the only boy who appears to be around. Read more
| Starring | Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, Richard Johnson |
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| Director | Mark Herman |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama, Thriller |
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The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
Based on the novel by John Boyne and set during World War 2, "The Boy In Striped Pyjamas" tells the story of Bruno, when his life is forever changed after he and his family move to a remote new home, and he strikes up a friendship with the only boy who appears to be around.
| Starring | Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, Richard Johnson, Jim Norton, Sheila Hancock, David Heyman, Asa Butterfield, Cara Horgan, Iván Verebély, Amber Beattie |
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| Director | Mark Herman |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 30 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Hot Hits, 100 Most Wanted, UK top 50 weekly chart |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description |
| Released | DVD: 16 Feb 2009 Production year: 2008 |
| Format | DVD |
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[T]his is a hugely affecting film. Important, too. It engages with the complexity of the Holocaust in a language that can move children as profoundly as adults.
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The central idea of The Boy in the Striped Pajamasa childs naive view of the horrors of the Holocaustforces... read more on Time Out
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I highly recommend this film, which has narrowly missed my 5* rating, simply due to the fact that it is set in Germany, so it should have either been spoken in German with subtitles, or the actors should have had a German accent at least. It spoiled it for me that they spoke with a plain English accent. Also the little boy played by Asa Butterfield is a brilliant actor, however I couldn't help but think he didn't look like a little German boy. Hitler wanted children to have blond hair, so I am surprised they didn't dye his hair blond for the part, to fit in with the Nazi point of view.
Set during World War 2, the story is seen though the innocent eyes of a little boy, whose father is promoted to Nazi Commandant, which brings with it a new house for him and his family. The little boy is forbidden to go to the back of his house, where he sees strange people dressed in striped pyjamas working on what looks to him like a farm. A little adventurer with a big imagination, the German boy is bored of having no one to play with, and he ignores what he is told, and goes and explores for himself. He befriends a Jewish boy on the other side of the fence and they form an everlasting friendship, which has startling and unexpected consequences for the German boy and his family. -
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the boy in the striped pajamas
Easy film to watch, quite slow, sad and unexpected ending. Dissapointed at the lack of German accents. Thought it was going to be better
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The Reader
- 29 Dec 2008
Why are Anglo-Americans making films about Germany’s collective shame over the Holocaust? And why now? No doubt it’s entirely coincidental that The Reader comes hot on the heels of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and just a few weeks before Tom Cruise plays a sympathetic German officer in Valkyrie. At a pinch we could throw in Defiance too (released next week), another WWII story, this time about Jewish resistance – such as it was. I have a feeling that the international... Read more
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