The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas-Movie

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas-Movie

PG-13

Director – Mark Herman

Based on – the boy in the striped pyjamas by John Boyne

Release date – September 12, 2008

Language – English

Running Time-94min
Rating: 4.5/5

Six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust, it’s almost impossible to grasp the dimensions of this horror. Story of a particular case as, for example, Anne Frank can help us to understand more clearly what happened there, personal stories increases the level of identification of the reader/viewer. And this is exactly what happened to viewers in the movie "Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" that based on the book by the same name and was written by John Boyne. The main topic is the Holocaust that happened to millions, but viewed through the personal story of one family and two children’s.

It’s a story of a German boy and a Jewish boy, bout from same country but live in different world. All of this happened during World War II. This movie provides a unique perspective on the effects of prejudice, hatred and violence on innocent people, and especially young people, in time of war.

Bruno (Asa Butterfield), eight-year-old boy living a comfortable life as the son of a senior Nazi officer. The father's promotion as commander of a concentration camp, forced the family to left them home in Berlin to remote area, where Bruno has no friends to play with. Bored and curious, Bruno violate the mother's repeated prohibitions not explore the back garden in the new house, and he travels to the "farm" which is not far away. There he meets Shmuel (Jack Scanlon, pinching in the heart), a Jewish boy on his own age who lives in a parallel existence, on the other side of the high wire fence. Bruno's meeting with Shmuel the boy in the Striped Pyjamas, wakes him from his innocence and opens his eyes to the horrors of the adult world around him. Strong friendship grows between the two boys during the time, but she end with horrifying Results.

Boy in the Striped Pyjamas "is a tale that provides a unique perspective on the effects of prejudice, hatred and violence on innocent people, and especially young people, in time of war. In this film creators found a unique way to access emotional subject, by choosing to focus on this terrible subject from the children point of view.

Although the plot takes place in Germany in World War II, it can also be relevant to these days. Many conflicts are happening in our world today, whether in Syria, Egypt, Rwanda, or other countries. With all these conflicts the story of "The boy in the Striped Pyjamas " relevant today as at any time in history.

"What is happening in this place?’ Bruno asks himself. "Why are there so many people on the other side of the fence?’ Simple questions, perhaps, but at a fundamental level, are not these the questions we must ask ourselves? This film makes sure that these questions will be asked, so no one will ever forget what they cost in the first place.