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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1479
- IMDb #691
- Rotten Tomatoes #2074
- Metacritic #2675
- Letterboxd #1479
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3049
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1200
- Metacritic Critics #2935
- Metacritic Audience #2109
- Kinopoisk #105
- AlloCiné #263
- Trakt #233
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 55, highest is AlloCiné on 84. Critics average 60, everyone else 79.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
Details
- Director
- Mark Herman
- Writer
- Mark Herman
- Studio
- BBC Film, Miramax, Heyday Films
- Released
- 7 May 2008
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $12.5M
- Box office
- $20.4M
- Awards
- 1 win, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 6 →1 win from 6 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Premio Goya 2009 | Best European Film | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Nominee |
| Irish Film and Television Awards 2009 | Best International Film | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Nominee |
| Young Artist Awards 2009 | Best Leading Performance (International Feature Film) | Asa Butterfield & Jack Scanlon | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2008 | Best Actress | Vera Farmiga | Winner |
| British Independent Film Awards 2008 | Best Director | Mark Herman | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2008 | Most Promising Newcomer | Asa Butterfield | Nominee |
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6 awards — The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
×| Best European Film | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Vera Farmiga | Winner |
| Best Director | Mark Herman | Nominee |
| Most Promising Newcomer | Asa Butterfield | Nominee |
| Best International Film | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Nominee |
| Best Leading Performance (International Feature Film) | Asa Butterfield & Jack Scanlon | Nominee |