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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

A timeless story of innocence lost and humanity found.

Set during World War II, a young German boy and his family move to the 'country', where his father has been appointed commandant at a concentration camp. Blissfully unaware of the horrors of war and concentration camps, the little boy manages to make friends with one of the inmates, a Jewish boy of the same age. However, as time goes by and things get worse for the Nazis, it's only a matter of time before tragedy strikes.

95 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Prejudice)
Drama, War, On the art circuit

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Credits
Cast	Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Amber Beattie, Jack Scanlon, David Hayman, Rupert Friend
Director	Mark Herman
Screenplay	Mark Herman, from the novel by John Boyne
Music	James Horner
Cinematography	Benoît Delhomme
Editing	Michael ellis
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2008
Produced by	BBC Films, Heyday Films, Miramax Films
SA Distributor	Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Fairly strong psychologically, strongly implied violece
Prejudice	Strong racial prejudice, hatred and negative stereotyping of Jews in historical context
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Warning: Strong racial prejudice and hatred, negative stereotypes of Jews, demeaning and dehumanising in historical context. Mature accompaniment to counter-balance psychological distress.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarDiane de Beer	5
Die BurgerLaetitia Pople	15
Cape TimesMichael Sragow	5
iAfrica.comRebekah Kendal	15
The CitizenDavid Jenkin	16
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	5
International Media
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	18
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson	5
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	13
Metacritic.com28 critics	11
RottenTomatoes.com105 critics	12
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	13
Internet (IMDB)1672 Netizens	16

Average .. 57%	11

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