| Uniform Title |
Boy in the striped pajamas (Motion picture : 2008) |
| Title |
The boy in the striped pajamas. |
| Published |
Australia : Paramount : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ©2021. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (91 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Paramount : D69187. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. |
| Based on the book of same name by John Boyne. |
| Special features: Deleted scenes (with optional commentary by writer/director Mark Herman and author John Boyne) ; Friendship Beyond The Fence featurette ; Feature commentary by writer/director Mark Herman and author John Boyne. |
| "Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us" -- Cover. |
| "The film has drawn criticism from some Holocaust educators for its factual inaccuracy, and emphasis on greater sympathy for the Nazi German family centred in the story, than for the Jewish victims of the Holocaust." -- wikipedia.org |
| Credits |
Written and directed by Mark Herman. |
| Performers |
Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Amber Beattie, Rupert Friend, David Hayman. |
| Summary |
Bruno is the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp during WWII. His friendship with a Jewish boy he meets across the fence leads to unexpected consequences. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0, letterbox 16:9, 1.85:1. |
| Language note |
English, Russian, Polish, Hungarian. Subtitles in English, Polish, Hungarian. Russian, Czech, Slovakian, Greek, Bulgarian, Romanian, Ukrainian. Latvia, Lithuanian, Estonian. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Awards note |
British Independent Film Award, 2008 : Best actress, Vera Farmiga. |
| Subjects |
Boyne, John, -- 1971- Film adaptations |
| Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Drama |
| Boys -- Drama |
| Friendship -- Drama |
| Fences -- Poland -- Drama |
| Concentration camps -- Poland -- Drama |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Drama |
| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Great Britain |
| Motion pictures, British |
| Poland -- Drama |
| Genre |
War films |
| Historical films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Herman, Mark director, screenwriter. |
| Butterfield, Asa, 1997- actor. |
| Scanlon, Jack, 1998- actor. |
| Farmiga, Vera actor. |
| Thewlis, David, 1963- actor. |
| Beattie, Amber, 1993- actor. |
| Friend, Rupert actor. |
| Hayman, David, 1950- actor. |
| Motion picture adaptation of (work): Boyne, John, 1971-. Boy in the striped pyjamas. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Beattie, Amber, 1993- .
- Boyne, John, 1971- Boy in the striped pyjamas .
- Butterfield, Asa, 1997- .
- Farmiga, Vera .
- Friend, Rupert .
- Hayman, David, 1950- .
- Herman, Mark .
- Scanlon, Jack, 1998- .
- Thewlis, David, 1963- .
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