Underplayed Gems

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas poster
Original title
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Directed by
Mark Herman
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 7,717 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

During World War II, the young son of an SS officer moves with his family to a house near a concentration camp. He becomes friends with a Jewish boy his age who lives on the other side of the camp fence.

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What happens

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (released as The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in North America) is a 2008 Holocaust historical drama film written and directed by Mark Herman. It is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by John Boyne. Set in Nazi-occupied Poland, the film follows the son of a Schutzstaffel (SS) officer who befriends a Jewish prisoner of his age. It was released in the United Kingdom on 12 September 2008. It received generally positive reviews from critics for its emotional weight, mature themes and acting but was panned by scholars for misrepresenting elements of the Holocaust. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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