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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

German title: Der Junge im gestreiften Pyjama
Francaise title: Le garçon au pyjama rayé
Spain title: El niño con el pijama de rayas
Greek title: Το αγόρι πίσω από το συρματόπλεγμα
Russian title: Мальчик в полосатой пижаме
Original title: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Alternative titles:
Der Junge im gestreiften Pyjama | To agori piso apo to syrmatoplegma

Drama – United Kingdom, USA
Production year: 2007
Movie length: 94 minutes

Director: Mark Herman
Writer: John Boyne, Mark Herman
Cinematograph: Benoît Delhomme
Music: James Horner

Movie description:

Set during World War II, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.

Adapted from John Boyne’s best-selling novel, »The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas« is a fictional story told through the eves of an eight year old boy largely shielded from the reality of World War II. This unforgettable tale follows a forbidden friendship that forms between Bruno, the son of a 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 friendship grows and their lives become inescapably intertwined.

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