Project Detail

The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

Synopsis

Set during World War II, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.

Details

Year
2009
Type of film
Features
Running time
94 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Mark Herman
Producer
Mark Herman, Christine Langan, Rosie Alison
Editor
Michael Ellis
Screenwriter
Mark Herman
Director of Photography
Benoit Delhomme
Production Designer
Martin Childs
Sound
John Casali
Composer
James Horner
Principal cast
David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Rupert Friend, Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon

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Production Status

Production Company

Heyday Films

5 Denmark Street
London WC2H 8LP
UK

T +44 (0)20 7836 6333

bertie@heydayfilms.com

BBC Films

Room 6023
BBC Television Centre
Wood Lane
London W12 7RJ
UK

T+44 (2)020 8576 7265

www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms

Miramax Films

West Hollywood, CA:
8439 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
USA

T +1 323 822 4100

www.miramax.com

Sales Company

Miramax Films

West Hollywood, CA:
8439 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
USA

T +1 323 822 4100

www.miramax.com

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