The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Released Year: 2008

Certificate: PG-13

Runtime: 94 minutes

Genre: Drama, History, War

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 55

Director: Mark Herman

Stars: Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, Zac Mattoon O'Brien

No of Votes: 190748

Gross: 9030581

Overview: Through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.

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