---
title: 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mark Herman'
released: '2008-08-28'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-boy-in-the-striped-pajamas-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0914798/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)

2008 · 94 min · Drama · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a 2008 Holocaust historical drama film written and directed by Mark Herman. It is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by John Boyne. Set in Nazi-occupied Poland, the film follows the son of a Schutzstaffel (SS) officer who befriends a Jewish prisoner of his age.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mark Herman](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-herman)
- **Screenplay:** [Mark Herman](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-herman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [James Horner](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-horner)
- **Producer:** [David Heyman](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-heyman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Benoît Delhomme](https://cinepixo.com/people/benoit-delhomme)
- **Editor:** [Michael Ellis](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ellis)

## Cast

- [Jack Scanlon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-scanlon) as Shmuel
- [Vera Farmiga](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-farmiga) as Elsa
- [Sheila Hancock](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheila-hancock) as Nathalie
- [Jim Norton](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-norton) as Herr Liszt
- [Richard Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-johnson) as Matthias
- [Cara Horgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/cara-horgan) as Maria
- [Rupert Friend](https://cinepixo.com/people/rupert-friend) as Lieutenant Kurt Kotler
- [Asa Butterfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/asa-butterfield) as Bruno
- [Amber Beattie](https://cinepixo.com/people/amber-beattie) as Gretel
- [David Thewlis](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-thewlis) as Ralf
- [David Hayman](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hayman) as Pavel

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