The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Mark Herman, 2008
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
John Boyne, 2006
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a movie directed by Mark Herman in 2008 and based on the book of the same name by John Boyne, first published in 2006. The movie features Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Rupert Friend, Cara Horgan, David Hayman, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
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Storyline
A young boy, Bruno lives in Berlin, in Nazi Germany during World War II. After spotting people working on what he thinks is a farm in the distance – actually a concentration camp – he is forbidden from playing in the back garden. Bruno and his sister Gretel’s tutor, Herr Liszt, push an agenda of antisemitism and Nazi propaganda.
Movie vs Book
Year
2008
Minutes
94
Movie Rate
7.80
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Original title: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Director: Mark Herman
Country: UK
Year: 2008
Length: 1h34m
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Year
2006
Pages
240
Book Rate
8.30
S: Goodreads
Book
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Author: John Boyne
Country: Ireland
First published in: 2006
Length: 240 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I had to unlearn a lot of novelistic stuff to do a screenplay.”
RICHARD PRICE (Writer, Scriptwriter)
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