The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas)

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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas)

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Asa Butterfield, Zac Mattoon O'Brien, Domonkos Németh, Henry Kingsmill, Vera Farmiga

"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" is a fictional story that offers a unique perspective on how prejudice, hatred and violence affect innocent people, particularly children, during wartime. Through the ...( read more  read more... )lens of an eight-year-old boy largely shielded from the reality of World War II, we witness a forbidden friendship that forms between Bruno, the son of 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 lives become inescapably intertwined. The imagined story of Bruno and Shmuel sheds light on the brutality, senselessness and devastating consequences of war from an unusual point of view. Together, their tragic journey helps recall the millions of innocent victims of the Holocaust.

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  • AgentLexi2132
    December 27, 2009
    AgentLexi2132
    ''Why do you wear pyjamas all day?''

    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 ...( read more)and unexpected consequences.

    Asa Butterfield: Bruno

    From Director Mark Herman comes forth Boy In the striped Pyjamas(2008); an adaptation of John Boyne's Novel. May I first start by saying that this is another of the finest holocaust movies I've ever seen; told from a unique perspective, as opposed to the likes of The Pianist and Schindler's List. We see it from an innocent child's perspective, Bruno and his turbulent childhood faced with a changing world of growing up.


    Boy In the striped Pyjamas shows us the Nazi Regime in it's glory and peak. Bruno's father has been given a promotion and the family must move out into the country away from the grandeur of Berlin. The new house, the loss of all his friends, and the isolation of the country obviously doesn't please him at first, and boredom creeps in. Although a mysterious people in pyjamas emerge from the grounds behind the house and he meets a new unlikely friend...

    Asa Butterfield as Bruno, with his piercing fantastically blue eyes, shows us one of the greatest child performances this year. Whatever Herman did to direct has payed off because Asa is a flawless character who comes off as resolutely believable and real. His innocence and imagination comes across just as easily as the beautiful cinematography and feel of the period.
    Jack Scanlon plays Shmuel; the new friend Bruno meets and they forge an unbreakable friendship that is so lovely, so innocent, I still have a lump in my throat and an unrelenting tightness in my heart strings.
    As the story transpires we see Bruno begin to see the truth behind the Farm, and the people in Pyjamas. The truth turns out to be; as we all know terrifying.
    Shmuel, the fragile and so sweet boy, is unfairly treated and we see his world, has been torn apart by the hatred and persecution of a propaganda driven Regime.

    David Thewlis plays Bruno's Father very well, showing us a Nazi Soldier bound to his duty by the letter. An English Veteran at acting he makes the role is own and the material he is given may be controversial but he bravely takes it on and conquers all aspirations.
    Rupert Friend as Lt Kotler gives us a cold, ruthless young man who's ambition, cold emotionless resolve, seeps through in his unwavering facial expressions. Kotler also is shown to have a father who seems to be the exact opposite of himself; a teacher of Literature whom left for Switzerland. A certain scene at a dinner table beautifully shows his frustration as Bruno's Father questions him of this topic. Kotler being humiliated decides to take it out on the Jew serving them; a sign of hatred.

    Boy In the striped Pyjamas has some really beautiful poignant music that really touched me in ways I can barely describe. As Bruno runs through the forest to meet his friend Schmuel; it's soul touchingly soothing in it's playful melody.
    Equally the cinematography, locations, costumes are exquisitely divine.
    The shocking events that happen in the end are simply unforgettable, tragic and so moving that it's sudden conclusion will take you by surprise and as the lights come on, and the credits roll, you quickly have to catch yourself, to hide your saddened face from others in a similar state of emotion.

    Boy In the striped Pyjamas is definitely a masterpiece in it's perspective and visionary charm; through a child's eyes and ultimately a family unraveling under the pressures of allegiance, politics and right wing National Socialism.
    This is also a timeless, eternal friendship that knows no persecution, anti-semitism or racism.
  • garystev
    September 26, 2009
    garystev
    A beatufully simple story of the unlikely friendship between two boys during the holocaust. Powerful, thought provoking and while it's far from the 'feel good' movie of the year, it will leave you with plenty of moments to ponder. A welcome return from David Thewlis, but it's the...( read more) pure charisma and innocence from the two boys that really makes its mark. It's that innocence which can come off as ignorance that really sells the story and the cinematography is quite spectacular too. Well worth a look!
  • LitelBluHli
    August 29, 2009
    LitelBluHli
    A very great film about a young boy who doesn't understand what's going on around him except that his father is a soldier, an important one. The family moves out into the country where he has no friends, but eventually he meets a young boy in the stripped pajamas. It really touch...( read more)ed me seeing how kids are in the middle of all of this and not have a clue of what's really going on. Very very sad.
  • dreamfaeries
    August 10, 2009
    dreamfaeries
    Beautiful...
  • clooneyfan
    July 20, 2009
    clooneyfan
    What a sombering movie but excellent. The ultimate punishment for the father.
  • theloneowl
    December 30, 2009
    theloneowl
    Veramente fedelissimo al libro, con un finale da magone terribile, perché era tutto perfettamente come avevo già immaginato, solo che leggendo il libro la mia reazione al finale era stata spalancare la bocca in una grossa O, come diceva Bruno, davanti alle immagini invece ho pian...( read more)to, tanto.
  • brittanymoniqueascen
    December 27, 2009
    brittanymoniqueascen
    beauty and sorrow all meshed into one masterpeice
  • ChimiChanga21
    December 27, 2009
    ChimiChanga21
    Really, really good.
  • toxxicgoddess
    December 19, 2009
    toxxicgoddess
    Great Movie ! Sad but true kind of movie. We only wish we could begin to imagine what they all went through. I cryed hated it yet I LOVE IT! WONDERFUL all across the board!
  • xnj57
    December 19, 2009
    xnj57
    Irony is not wasted here. Who really are the prisoners? Those who think they are free but have closed minds are really lost. It is not a date movie, and if you don't like seeing the world exposed stay away from this one. It will bite you... HARD!
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