The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Plot
During World War II, 8-year-old Bruno (Asa Butterfield) and his family leave Berlin to take up residence near the concentration camp where his father (David Thewlis) has just become commandant. Unhappy and lonely, he wanders out behind his house one day and finds Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a Jewish boy of his age. Though the barbed-wire fence of the camp separates them, the boys begin a forbidden friendship, oblivious to the real nature of their surroundings.

Cast

 * Asa Butterfield as Bruno the boy
 * Jack Scanlon as Shmuel, a young Jew sent to a concentration camp
 * Vera Farmiga as Elsa, Bruno's mother
 * David Thewlis as Ralf, Bruno's father
 * Amber Beattie as Gretel, Bruno's older sister
 * Rupert Friend as Lieutenant Kurt Kotler
 * David Hayman as Pavel
 * Sheila Hancock as Natalie, Bruno's grandmother
 * Richard Johnson as Matthias, Bruno's grandfather
 * Cara Horgan as Maria
 * Jim Norton as Herr Liszt

Other links

 * on IMDb
 * The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas at Box Office Mojo
 * The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas at Rotten Tomatoes
 * Production notes
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