The first DVD added for the month of March is sure to bring tears to your eyes.The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is presented by Miramax Films in association with BBC Films.
Running time is about 94 minutes and it is rated PG-13 due to some" mature thematic material involving the Holocaust".
The screen play is written by Marc Herman, but is based on the book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas written by John Boyne and published by David Fickling Books (New York) in 2006.
The film stars:
Vera Farmiga as Mother
David Thewlis as Ffather
Rupert Friend as Lieutenant Kotler
Asa Butterfield as Bruno
Jack Scanlon as Shmuel
Amber Beattie as Gretel
Richard Jonson as Grandpa
Sheila Hancock as Grandma
Jim Norton as Herr Liszt
The setting is Poland during World War II. Bruno, the 8 year old son of A Nazi officer is bored and restless in his new home. He ignores his mother's admonishments to stay out of the woods, and comes upon a high fence. Behind the fence is a boy in striped pajamas, and a suprising friendship between the two boys developes.
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