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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (movie) facts for kids

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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a 2008 British-American historical drama movie. It is based on the book of the same name by John Boyne. The movie is directed by Mark Herman and produced by David Heyman. It stars Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Amber Beattie, Richard Johnson and Rupert Friend.

The movie is about a boy whose father is a soldier during the World War II. They decided to move to a new house so that the father can work near the concentration camps. The son likes to explore and he comes to meet a Jewish boy who lives in the concetration camp. One day, he decides to go into the camp and accidentally enters a gas chamber and dies along with all prisoners.

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