The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2008  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Zac Mattoon O'Brien, Jack Scanlon, Henry Kingsmill, Vera Farmiga, Cara Horgan, David Thewlis, Zsuzsa Holl, Amber Beattie, Sheila Hancock, Laszlo Aron, Richard Johnson, Ivan Verebely, Bela Fesztbaum, Attila Egyed
Set during World War II, this is eight-year-old Bruno's (Asa Butterfield) story of the forbidden bond he forms with a Jewish boy Shmuel (Jack Scanlon) who is a prisoner in the concentration camp that Bruno's father (David Thewlis) commands. As their friendship grows, Bruno begins to question the Nazi doctrines that his family, including his mother (Vera Farmiga) and sister Gretel (Amber Beattie) follow, and Bruno even begins to doubt the "heroism" of his Nazi father.
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aka: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
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