The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
The tale of an unlikely friendship between Bruno (Asa Butterfield), the son of a Nazi commandant, and Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a Jewish boy held captive in a concentration camp.
The tale of an unlikely friendship between Bruno, the son of a Nazi commandant, and Shmuel, a Jewish boy held captive in a concentration camp. Though the two are separated physically by a barbed-wire fence, their friendship grows and their lives become inescapably intertwined.
Based on the best-selling book by John Boyne.
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Grady Martin, Ray Price
Danny Boy
Credits
Role | Contributor |
---|---|
Bruno | Asa Butterfield |
Shmuel | Jack Scanlon |
Father | David Thewlis |
Elsa | Vera Farmiga |
Gretel | Amber Beattie |
Grandpa | Richard Johnson |
Grandma | Sheila Hancock |
Pavel | David Hayman |
Lieutenant Kotler | Rupert Friend |
Maria | Cara Horgan |
Leon | Zac Mattoon O'Brien |
Martin | Domonkos Nemeth |
Karl | Henry Kingsmill |
Director | Mark Herman |
Producer | David Heyman |
Executive Producer | Christine Langan |
Writer | Mark Herman |
Author | John Boyne |
Broadcasts
- Tue 30 Aug 2011 21:00³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ HD & ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two
- Fri 17 Aug 2012 21:00³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ HD & ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two
- Thu 28 Feb 2013 21:00
- Thu 10 Apr 2014 21:00
- Mon 18 May 2015 23:20³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Mon 18 May 2015 23:50³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two Scotland
- Tue 19 May 2015 00:20³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two Northern Ireland
- Wed 17 Feb 2016 22:00
- Mon 17 Apr 2017 22:00³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two except Northern Ireland
- Mon 17 Apr 2017 22:30³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two Northern Ireland
- Sun 27 Jan 2019 22:30
- Fri 26 Jul 2019 23:05³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two except Scotland
- Sun 26 Jan 2020 23:00³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two England & HD only
- Sat 26 Sep 2020 23:30³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Thu 28 Jan 2021 20:00
- Thu 27 Jan 2022 23:15³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Fri 4 Nov 2022 23:35³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two except Scotland
- Wed 8 Mar 2023 23:20³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
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