Review

Based on the best selling novel by John Boyne. Berlin, 1942 - Eight-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country.

All he knows is that his father was promoted and he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pajamas.

Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation, as their secret meetings result in a friendship that has startling and devastating consequences.

Extra Features

• 'Friendship Beyond the Fence' Documentary
• Deleted scenes
  
  

Trailer

DVD Information

Directors
Mark Herman
Certificate
12 years and over
Screen
Widescreen 1.85:1
Region
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.
Actors
Vera Farmiga , David Thewlis , Rupert Friend , Richard Johnson , Jim Norton , Sheila Hancock , David Heyman , Asa Butterfield , Cara Horgan , Iván Verebély , Amber Beattie & Amber Beattie
Year
2008