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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

This film contains scenes of Holocaust threat and horror.

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The Boy in the Striped PyjamasRating: 12 11+

4.2342 out of 5 696 Votes (Members)
Duration
90 mins
Year
2008
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Based on John Boyne's acclaimed children's novel, this moving, educational and necessarily upsetting drama tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes of two young boys - one the son of a Nazi, the other a Jewish child imprisoned in a concentration camp. Bruno is the eight-year-old son of a German commandant and is told that the barbed-wire enclosed camp next to his house is a "farm", and its striped-uniform wearing prisoners merely workers. Bruno's eyes are gradually opened to the true horror of what's going on around him, however, when he befriends a boy his own age from the other side of the fence.

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  • a very powerful and moving film…a definate must see film

    Adam (14)

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  • OLLY, 10

    4 out of 5
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    OLLY, 10
    Date
    2012-05-23 16:55:14

    This film makes Count Dracula look like a wimp. You may never experience such a fight against war and friendship. The only downer to this film is that if you have read the book it may look different to how you expected. I rate it four star.

  • kasey, 11

    2 out of 5
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    kasey, 11
    Date
    2012-05-17 17:38:34

    This film is so sad.I had tears poaring down both my cheeks.

  • Marie, 21

    3 out of 5
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    Marie, 21
    Date
    2012-05-17 17:23:10

    I found this film very emotional. I really enjoyed it though nothing really interesting happened until the very end. I would recommend this film to older kids and people who are not very emotional.

  • Ethan, 10

    5 out of 5
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    Ethan, 10
    Date
    2012-05-16 17:01:50

    I liked this film even though the consept the movie is based around is not funny it is good we know about the bad things Adolf Hitler did to the inasent people

  • Paige, 15

    5 out of 5
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    Paige, 15
    Date
    2012-05-15 11:00:14

    made me cry and funny in points. great film for educational purposes and an interesting insight in concentration camps. what a great true story and insprational movie. 5 stars for a completly epically sad movie.

  • kaseyl, 11

    5 out of 5
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    kaseyl, 11
    Date
    2012-05-12 20:55:53

    I didn't watch the film at film club but it's awesome I love the way Juno risked hiS life for
    His friend
    Made me cry

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