The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is considered to be one of the most accurate yet painful movies based on the worst period of humanity in the last century, the Holocaust. It is inspired by John Boyne’s ...
With “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” writer-director Mark Herman attempts to do on film what John Boyne did on the printed page in his 2006 novel: Confront the horror of the Holocaust in a story ...
The two embark on a friendship, each envying the other’s mysterious life behind the electrified fence. Bruno believes the camp is a leisure paradise filled with kids and games. And Shmuel knows of ...
A best-selling children’s novel that the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum has said “should be avoided by anyone who studies or teaches about the history of the Holocaust” is getting a sequel. John Boyne, ...
John Boyne, the author of the novel, which depicts the relationship between a young concentration camp prisoner and the son of a Nazi commander, recently announced a sequel entitled All the Broken ...
Told through the eyes of an eight-year-old boy during World War II and his relationship with another boy held in a concentration camp, The Boy In Striped Pyjamas is written by former UEA graduate John ...
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a fictional story that offers a unique perspective on how prejudice, hatred and violence affect innocent people, particularly children, during wartime. Through the ...
The opening credits are flashed against a billowing red background. It's a rich red, aesthetically pleasing, and then the camera pulls back, and we see that we've been looking all this time at a Nazi ...
To borrow a line from an Indy colleague, the first thing I thought at the start of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was, “Uh-oh, this is another Nazi movie.” However, the film’s unique perspective ...
There are plenty of subjects — old yellow hunting dogs, spirited folk bravely facing cancer — that can be easily milked for maximum pathos. But you’ve reached rock bottom when you start milking the ...