The innocence of childhood brutal clashes with the Holocaust in The Boy in the Striped Pajama 's. Bruno (Asa Butterfield) know that his father is a soldier and that they must move to a new house in the country ... a house with what he thinks is a farm. But his father is not just a soldier, he is a high-ranking officer in Hitler's elite SS troops, which has just been placed in command of Auschwitz. As Bruno explores the woods around the house, he discovers the concentration of the fence. On the other side is a boy his own age, with whom Bruno strikes a friendship - a friendship that will have tragic consequences. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is very strong in the details: The casual brutality of a Nazi lieutenant, the uneasy juxtaposition of the domestic family life with glimpses of the treatment of imprisoned Jews, a terrible propaganda film suggests that life in Auschwitz was like a holiday. But more than anything else, Butterfield's performance makes this film compelling. The young actor perfectly conveys Bruno's limited perspective even as the film carefully reveals the larger, darker reality. The film ends it will undoubtedly spark arguments, but only because of the emotional complexity of what happens - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is made with great skill and compassion. Also featuring David Thewlis (Naked) and Vera Farmiga (The Departed) as Bruno's parents
DVD details ;
- Actors: Sheila Hancock, David Thewlis, David Hayman, Jim Norton, Vera Farmiga
- Directors: Mark Herman
- Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Language: English
- Subtitles: Spanish
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: MIRAMAX
- DVD Release Date: March 10, 2009
- Run Time: 94 minutes
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