

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us.
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
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7.8/10
7,905 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $12.5M
- Box office
- $20.4M
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- nazi
- nationalism
- concentration camp
- world war ii
- gas chamber
- concentration camp prisoner
- children in wartime
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United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- PhysicalDVD28 Nov 2008
United StatesUS
- PremiereHeartland Film Festival16 Oct 2008
- Theatrical (limited)PG-137 Nov 2008
- TheatricalPG-1326 Nov 2008
United KingdomGB
- PremiereCarnegie Film Festival28 Aug 2008
- Theatrical12A12 Sept 2008
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalDVD2 Nov 2020
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM20 Aug 2008
CanadaCA
- Theatrical (limited)7 Nov 2008
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical4 Dec 2008
AustriaAT
- Theatrical4 Jun 2009
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1429 Apr 2009
BrazilBR
- PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival26 Sept 2008
- Theatrical127 Nov 2008
ChileCL
- Theatrical15 Jan 2009
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+26 Mar 2009
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was released on 7 May 2008.
Audience reviews
2- R8/10
r96sk
6/11/2024
Not convinced this is a greatly made movie, but it sure does pack a punch! <em>'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'</em> makes for good viewing for the majority, though that ending really is quite something - startling in fact, and that's even with me sensing it. The aforementioned is because, as well as the way the film builds in general, I'm pretty certain I watched this at high school; just not sure if it was snipp…
- B2/10
badelf
9/10/2026
**Summary: 2/10: well-acted, handsomely made, and morally inverted, a film so intent on manufacturing sympathy for a commandant's family that it forgets, or worse, quietly excuses, whose deaths it was supposed to be mourning.** I haven't read John Boyne's novel, so I can't tell you where the book's failures end and the film's begin. I can only tell you what arrived on screen, and what arrived on screen is a …
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