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 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two- Fri 17 Aug 2012 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two
Thu 28 Feb 2013 21:00- Thu 10 Apr 2014 21:00
- Mon 18 May 2015 23:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Mon 18 May 2015 23:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Tue 19 May 2015 00:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland
- Wed 17 Feb 2016 22:00
- Mon 17 Apr 2017 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland
- Mon 17 Apr 2017 22:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland
- Sun 27 Jan 2019 22:30
- Fri 26 Jul 2019 23:05Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Sun 26 Jan 2020 23:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two England & HD only
- Sat 26 Sep 2020 23:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Thu 28 Jan 2021 20:00
- Thu 27 Jan 2022 23:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Fri 4 Nov 2022 23:35Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Wed 8 Mar 2023 23:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
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