The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas)
Directed by: Mark HermanCast list: Asa Butterfield, Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Jack Scanlon
Country: United Kingdom, USA
Year: 2008
Genres: Drama / Historical /
Runtime: 96 min.
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The film is based on the novel by John Boyne. 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.
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Subjects: Spanish language and literature / English language / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Literature / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: education in human values / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / children, children’s rights / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / judicial system, prisons, death penalty /
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