The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is an adaptation of a novel by Irish writer John Boyne. The movie was first released in United States in 2008, as a  historical-drama film. The movie starring Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, David Thewlis, Vera Farming, Amber Beattie and Rupert friend was dirtied by Mark Herman and produced by David Heyman. The movie is considered as a Holocaust drama. Holocaust referring to the mass murder of genocide of approximately six million Jews during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, throughout the German-occupied territories.

The movie tries to depict the horror of a World War II Nazi extermination camp through the eyes of two 8-year-old boys, one being the son of the camp's Nazi Commandant and the other being a Jewish inmate. There are a lot of bits of nuances in the movie, that you have to see yourself by watching the movie, thus, I would not like to spoil the movie by writing the rest of the plot.

The film have also received a good reception from movie critics and reviewers. 'The Times' refer erred as "hugely affecting film and important too" and 'The New York Times' referred to the movie as "the Holocaust trivialised, glossed over, kitsched up, commercially exploited and hijacked for a tragedy about a Nazi family". The movie have also received a number of awards from quite a few different honourable award ceremonies, like the 'Best European Film' from Premio Goya, 'Best International Film' from Irish Film and Television Award and  so on.

Perhaps, the movie might not be to everyone's taste, however, I would highly recommend this movie to movie-viewers who enjoys some emotional drama and a good child acting. If you had not much idea about that era and what happened to the children of both sides during that time,  I guess the movie will give you a good glimpse of the happenings during that time of history.




Here's the trailer: