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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

2008
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7.8/10

Release Date

07/05/2008

Popularity

🍅 Rotten Tomatoes
65%
🎬 Internet Movie Database
77%
Ⓜ️ Metacritic
55%

A wire fence separates them, but friendship brings them together.

Berlin, 1942. Bruno is eight years old and lives in a comfortable city home with his sister Gretel. His father has just been appointed commandant of a concentration camp and has been promoted, so the family must move to a remote area. Bruno doesn't really understand the reason for the move and misses his old life. In the new house, he can't find anyone his age to play with, and his mother forbids him from going into the back garden. From his bedroom window, he spots a fenced-off compound that he mistakes for a farm. Bruno wants to make friends, but the distance and the rules of his new home make that difficult. The film is directed by Mark Herman, and the role of Bruno is played by Asa Butterfield.

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Facts about The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Releases, age ratings, box office, post-credit scenes and more.

Post-credits sceneNone
Age ratingNot recommended for viewers under 7 years old
Spain releaseSeptember 26, 2008
Worldwide premiereMay 7, 2008
Runtime1 h 34 min
Original languageEnglish
Original titleThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
CountriesUnited Kingdom, United States
Production companiesBBC Film, Miramax, Heyday Films
Budget$12.5M
Worldwide box office$20.4M
Box office in the U.S.$9.0M
Return on investmentx1.6 Recouped the investment
Based onThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Trailer views1.3 M

More ratings

3.7/5Letterboxd81/100Trakt7.0/10Metacritic (público)3.5/4Roger Ebert

Awards for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

7total awards
7total nominations

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Cast

Asa Butterfield
Asa ButterfieldBruno
Vera Farmiga
Vera FarmigaMother
David Thewlis
David ThewlisFather
Rupert Friend
Rupert FriendLieutenant Kotler
David Hayman
David HaymanPavel
Jack Scanlon
Jack ScanlonShmuel
Amber Beattie
Amber BeattieGretel
Sheila Hancock
Sheila HancockGrandma
Richard Johnson
Richard JohnsonGrandpa
Zac Mattoon O'Brien
Zac Mattoon O'BrienLeon
Domonkos Németh
Domonkos NémethMartin
Henry Kingsmill
Henry KingsmillKarl
Cara Horgan
Cara HorganMaria
Zsuzsa Holl
Zsuzsa HollBerlin Cook
László Áron
László ÁronLars
Charlie Baker
Charlie BakerPalm Court Singer
Iván Verebély
Iván VerebélyMeinberg
Fesztbaum Béla
Fesztbaum BélaSchultz
Attila Egyed
Attila EgyedHeinz
Jim Norton
Jim NortonHerr Liszt
Nádasi László
Nádasi LászlóIsaak
László Quitt
László QuittKapo #1
Mihály Szabados
Mihály SzabadosKapo #2
Zsolt Sáfár Kovács
Zsolt Sáfár KovácsKapo #3 Sonderkommando
Gábor Harsai
Gábor HarsaiElderly Jewish Man
Julia Papp
Julia PappDancer (uncredited)

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Cast of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by the numbers

40average cast age in years
24years of age gap between the leads
31%women in the cast
30%women in the crew

The youngest in the main cast: Jack Scanlon, age 10 at release. The oldest: Richard Johnson, at 81.

Cast ages at release

Cast heights

Cast nationalities

United Kingdom 4United States 1

Crew

  • AddressMark Herman
  • WritingMark Herman
  • Original novelJohn Boyne
  • MusicJames Horner
  • PhotographyBenoît Delhomme
  • EditingMichael Ellis
  • Production designMartin Childs
  • Costume designNatalie Ward
  • CastingPippa Hall, Leo Davis, Veronika Varjasi
  • Visual effectsMichael Bruce Ellis
  • ProductionDavid Heyman

Trivia about The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Filming took place in Hungary between April 29 and July 7, 2007, with exteriors shot at the Kerepesi Cemetery in Budapest, according to English Wikipedia.
The film grossed 44.1 million dollars worldwide.
According to David Heyman, filming the final scene was a nightmare due to the legal requirements for putting children among naked adults: "You would have probably needed more lawyers than filmmakers."
A study by Michael Gray found that more than three-quarters of the British schoolchildren in his sample, aged 13 and 14, had seen the film, more than The Diary of Anne Frank.

Sources: Wikipedia (English) · Wikipedia (Spanish)

What it's about The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

based on novel or booknazinationalismconcentration campworld war iigas chamberconcentration camp prisonerchildren in wartime

Main theme: World War II, The Holocaust, history of the Jews in Poland

What The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is called in other countries

It was released in 42 countries, each in its own language.

  • SpainEl niño con el pijama de rayas
  • FranceLe Garçon au pyjama rayé
  • GermanyDer Junge im gestreiften Pyjama
  • ItalyIl bambino con il pigiama a righe
  • BrazilO Menino do Pijama Listrado
  • PortugalO Rapaz do Pijama às Riscas
  • Japan縞模様のパジャマの少年
  • South Korea줄무늬 파자마를 입은 소년
  • China穿条纹睡衣的男孩
  • RussiaМальчик в полосатой пижаме
  • United StatesThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas
  • ArmeniaԶոլավոր գիշերազգեստով տղան
See the remaining 30 countries
  • AustriaDer Junge im gestreiften Pyjama
  • AzerbaijanCizgili Pejamalı Uşaq
  • BulgariaМомчето с раираната пижама
  • CanadaLe garçon au pyjama rayé
  • CroatiaDječak u prugastoj pidžami
  • CzechiaChlapec v pruhovaném pyžamu
  • DenmarkDrengen i den stribede pyjamas
  • EstoniaPoiss triibulises pidžaamas
  • FinlandPoika raidallisessa pyjamassa
  • Georgiaბიჭი ზოლიან პიჟამაში
  • GreeceΤο Αγόρι Πίσω από το Συρματόπλεγμα
  • Hong Kong穿囚衣的孩子
  • HungaryA csíkos pizsamás fiú
  • Israelהנער בפיג'מת הפסים
  • LatviaZēns strīpainajā pidžamā
  • LithuaniaBerniukas dryžuota pižama
  • NorwayGutten i den stripete pysjamasen
  • PolandChłopiec w pasiastej piżamie
  • RomaniaBăiatul în pijamale vărgate
  • Saudi Arabiaالصبي الذي يرتدي بيجامة مخطّطة
  • Singapore穿条纹睡衣的男孩
  • SlovakiaChlapec v pruhovanom pyžame
  • SwedenPojken i randig pyjamas
  • SwitzerlandDer Junge im gestreiften Pyjama
  • Taiwan穿條紋衣的男孩
  • Thailandเด็กชายในชุดนอนลายทาง
  • TurkeyÇizgili Pijamalı Çocuk
  • UkraineХлопчик у смугастій піжамі
  • United Arab Emiratesالصبي الذي يرتدي بيجامة مخطّطة
  • VietnamChú Bé Mang Pyjama Sọc

Where it was filmed The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

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Source: Wikidata. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Soundtrack from The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Original music by James Horner

The Boy In the Striped Pyjamas
SoundtrackThe Boy In the Striped PyjamasJames Horner · 2008 · 12 songs
SpotifyApple MusicDeezer

Songs

  1. 1
    Boys Playing Airplanes
    4:13
  2. 2
    Exploring The Forest
    2:36
  3. 3
    The Train Ride To A New Home
    3:34
  4. 4
    The Winds Gently Blow Through The Garden
    5:57
  5. 5
    An Odd Discovery Beyond The Trees
    2:51
  6. 6
    Dolls Are Not For Big Girls, Propaganda Is...
    3:43
  7. 7
    Black Smoke
    1:43
  8. 8
    Evening Supper - A Family Slowly Crumbles
    7:53
  9. 9
    The Funeral
    1:54
  10. 10
    The Boys' Plans, From Night To Day
    2:36

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