The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight year old son of the commandant at a concentration camp. This movie was again probably the top 5 of the best movies we have seen all year. It did a brilliant job of representing how gruesome it was for even German families, especially for the kids we are never really told what is going on but instead taught to hate and despise anybody that isn’t Aryan. Since this film is still recent I was expecting it to be good and it did not disappoint, with a stellar cast of known actors like David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, and Asa Butterfield. It got my attention right off the start and kept it going, to a very thriller story.
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He took even a greater risk of being a good friend to Shmuel with everything he did, like smuggling food from his home to give to him, giving him company, and especially trying to help him find his father. Since they were so innocent that had no idea what the Germans do to all the people, and when they can’t find a person they just think they have gone for a walk or something but have no idea really that they have been killed. Bruno and Shmuel both had to find out the hard way to what happened to everybody, by being killed for just being too curious he was killed. The big strength of this film is that it did an excellent job of really showing how indoctrination was used during these times, and what it really did for children that still really have no idea of what was going on. Not only was it difficult for the people in the work camps, etc it was also very evident it strained very much on families with family members that are soldiers and created many conflicting loyalties for such a character like