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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
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Ratings: 7.8/10 from 45,361 users
Metascore:
55/100
Reviews: 307 user | 169 critic | 28 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Mark Herman |
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Berlin Cook
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Sheila Hancock | ... |
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Charlie Baker | ... |
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Storyline
Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and SS Commandant father. The family relocates to the countryside where his father is assigned to take command a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another youth, strangely dressed in striped pajamas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electrified fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews awaiting extermination. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
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Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us... See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for some mature thematic material involving the Holocaust See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Budget:
$12,500,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£513,653 (UK) (14 September 2008) (167 Screens)Gross:
$9,030,581 (USA) (18 January 2009)Company Credits
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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 though, isn't he?
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Written by Harry Parr Davies (as Harry Parr-Davies) See more »
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The character name "Meinberg" translates into English as "My Hill" or "My Mountain". Director Mark Herman is a Hull City supporter and at the time the Hull goalkeeper was Boaz Myhill. See more »Goofs
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: "In the beginning of the film the main character's father has the common SS bullets on his right collar. Shortly after, the Father's uniform collar changes to a Skull and Crossbones patch, which is inaccurate. The Skull and Crossbones or "Totenkopf" was worn on the SS man's Hat." This is not a goof: the Totenkopf insignia was used as a "trade" badge on the collar patch by that branch of the SS that guarded and administrated the camps, the so-called "Totenkopf-Verbaende" that were part of the SS-Verfuegungstruppen". They wore this variant of collar patch in combination with copper brown piping, "waffenfarbe", denoting the camp guards branch. The SS hat badge consisted only of a skull, without crossbones. Just look at original pictures of uniformed SS concentration camp guards. See more »Quotes
[first lines]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 though, isn't he?
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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" See more »Soundtracks
"Smile When You Say Goodbye"Written by Harry Parr Davies (as Harry Parr-Davies) See more »
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