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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us.
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.
  • Released on 05/07/2008 (Movie)
  • 7.836 out of 10 (7134 votes on TMDB)
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Asa Butterfield

Character's name: "Bruno"
Birthday: 04/01/1997
Birthplace: Islington, London, England, UK
Biography:
Asa Butterfield (born April 1, 1997) is an English actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the Holocaust film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Martin Scorsese's Hugo, and the film adaptation of Ender's Game.

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Vera Farmiga

Character's name: "Mother"
Birthday: 08/06/1973
Birthplace: Clifton, New Jersey, USA
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Vera Ann Farmiga (born August 6, 1973) is an American actress and director. Farmiga made her film debut in the 1998 drama thriller Return to Paradise. This was followed by supporting roles in the 2000 romantic film Autumn in New York and the 2001 television series UC: Undercover. She was also cast in the 2001 thriller 15 Minutes. Her other film appearances and roles include the 2003 comedy Dummy, the 2004 drama Down to the Bone, the 2006 crime thriller The Departed, the 2007 horror Joshua, and the 2008 drama The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Farmiga gained critical acclaim following her work in the 2009 comedy-drama Up in the Air, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Guild Actors Award. She also starred as Kate Coleman in Orphan in 2009. Her latest appearance was in the critically acclaimed 2011 thriller/action movie Source Code, as Capt. Colleen Goodwin.

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David Thewlis

Character's name: "Father"
Birthday: 03/20/1963
Birthplace: Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography:
David Wheeler (born 20 March 1963), better known as David Thewlis, is an English actor and filmmaker. He is known as a character actor and has appeared in a wide variety of genres in both film and television. He has received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and nominations for two BAFTA Awards, Golden Globe Award, Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Thewlis made his film debut in Little Dorrit (1987) and acted in the Mike Leigh films Life is Sweet (1990) and Naked (1993), winning the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for the latter. He then appeared in films such as Black Beauty (1994), Restoration (1995), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Dragonheart (1996), and Seven Years in Tibet (1997). He became more widely known to film audiences for his roles as Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter franchise (2004–2011) and Ares / Sir Patrick Morgan in Wonder Woman (2017). Other film roles include Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), War Horse (2011), The Theory of Everything (2014), Anomalisa (2015), I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020), and Enola Holmes 2 (2022). Thewlis' most notable television roles include V. M. Varga in the third season of FX's Fargo (2017), the voice of the Shame Wizard in the Netflix animated sitcoms Big Mouth (2017–present) and Human Resources (2022–present), Christopher Edwards in the HBO miniseries Landscapers (2021), and John Dee in the Netflix drama series The Sandman (2022). His performance in Fargo earned him nominations for an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a Critics' Choice Award.

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Jack Scanlon

Character's name: "Shmuel"
Birthday: 08/06/1998
Birthplace: Canterbury, England, UK

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Amber Beattie

Character's name: "Gretel"
Birthday: 07/22/1993
Birthplace: UK

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Rupert Friend

Character's name: "Lieutenant Kotler"
Birthday: 10/01/1981
Birthplace: Oxfordshire, England, UK
Biography:
Rupert Friend (born October 1, 1981) is an English film actor, who is best known for his roles as Mr. Wickham in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice, Lieutenant Kurt Kotler in the 2008 film The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, and Prince Albert in the 2009 film The Young Victoria.

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David Hayman

Character's name: "Pavel"
Birthday: 02/09/1948
Birthplace: Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Biography:
David Hayman (born 9 February 1948) is a Scottish film, television and stage actor and director. He appeared in Hope and Glory, Rob Roy, Sid and Nancy, Vertical Limit, and The Tailor of Panama. On television, he is known for playing Mike Walker in ITV drama Trial & Retribution, Jonas Franks in BBC period drama The Paradise and Brace in the drama Taboo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Sheila Hancock

Character's name: "Grandma"
Birthday: 02/22/1933
Birthplace: Blackgang, Isle of Wight, England, UK

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Richard Johnson

Character's name: "Grandpa"
Birthday: 07/30/1927
Date of Death: 06/05/2015
Birthplace: Upminster, Essex, England, UK
Biography:
Richard Keith Johnson (30 July 1927 – 5 June 2015) was an English actor, writer and producer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Cara Horgan

Character's name: "Maria"
Birthday: 12/04/2024

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Jim Norton

Character's name: "Herr Liszt"
Birthday: 01/04/1938
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Biography:
Jim Norton (born 4 January 1938) is an Irish stage, film and television character actor, known for his work in the theatre, most notably in Conor McPherson's The Seafarer, and on television as Bishop Brennan in the sitcom Father Ted.

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Zac Mattoon O'Brien

Character's name: "Leon"
Birthday: 12/04/2024

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Domonkos Németh

Character's name: "Martin"
Birthday: 12/04/2024

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Henry Kingsmill

Character's name: "Karl"
Birthday: 12/04/2024

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Zsuzsa Holl

Character's name: "Berlin Cook"
Birthday: 12/04/2024


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Mark Herman
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Mark Herman
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Mark Herman
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David Heyman
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