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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us.

2008 · PG-13 · 1h 34m

Directed by Mark Herman

7.8

TMDB audience score
7,920 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.

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Cast

  • Asa Butterfield
    Bruno

  • Vera Farmiga
    Mother

  • David Thewlis
    Father

  • Rupert Friend
    Lieutenant Kotler

  • David Hayman
    Pavel

  • Jack Scanlon
    Shmuel

  • Amber Beattie
    Gretel

  • Sheila Hancock
    Grandma

  • Richard Johnson
    Grandpa

  • Zac Mattoon O'Brien
    Leon

  • Domonkos Németh
    Martin

  • Henry Kingsmill
    Karl

  • Cara Horgan
    Maria

  • Zsuzsa Holl
    Berlin Cook

  • László Áron
    Lars

  • Charlie Baker
    Palm Court Singer

  • Iván Verebély
    Meinberg

  • Béla Fesztbaum
    Schultz