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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a 2006 historical fiction novel by Irish novelist John Boyne. The plot concerns a German boy named Bruno whose father is the commandant of Auschwitz and Bruno's friendship with a Jewish detainee named Shmuel. As of 2022, the book has sold over 11 million copies worldwide.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was published in 2006. The book has sold over seven million copies worldwide. [15] A Heyday/Miramax film adaptation, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, was shot in Budapest in mid-2007 and released in late 2008.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas has a 64% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 142 reviews, with an average rating of 6.30/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A touching and haunting family film that deals with the Holocaust in an arresting and unusual manner, and packs a brutal final punch of a twist."
Although The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is Scanlon's feature film debut, [3] he did act before. He appeared in a 10-minute short film titled The Eye of the Butterfly (which led to him being suggested to the casting director of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ) [ 4 ] and in a 2007 episode of the Peter Serafinowicz Show .
Beginning his career as a child actor, Butterfield first achieved recognition as the lead of the historical drama film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008). He continued to headline films during the 2010s, starring in the adventure drama Hugo (2011), the science fiction film Ender's Game (2013), the drama X+Y (2014), and the fantasy Miss ...
All the Broken Places is a sequel to Boyne's 2006 book The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and follows Gretel, the now 91-year-old older sister of Bruno from that book. Gretel has lived in London for decades, never speaking of her childhood in Nazi Germany as the daughter of a concentration camp commandant.
He joined the cast of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas as Kurt Kotler, a lieutenant in Nazi Germany. [18] [19] In 2010, Friend played Albert, Prince Consort in The Young Victoria. Graham King, producer of Young Victoria, invited Friend to test for the lead role because he remembered his performance in Pride & Prejudice. [20]
His most recent work is the Holocaust drama The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, which Herman adapted from the 2006 novel of the same name by John Boyne. It was produced by David Heyman, and starred Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Sheila Hancock, and Rupert Friend. [19]