The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas , 200821 Nov 2013 ★★★★★ DVD , Eng sub , 94 minsDirected by Mark HermanBased on The boy in striped pyjamas by John BoyneAsa butterfield ( Bruno ) Jack Scanlon ( Shmuel ) During world war II , a young boy Bruno is happy as anything at his home . However his father demands his family to move to progress his work as a soldier . Having to leave all his friends and beloved home behind , Bruno is not happy with his new place . Bruno and his friends playing airplane . Mother comforts Bruno that the new house will be just as nice as this one . Though the new place is not half like what the parents have said . There are no friends to hang out with , no school to go to and people seem to be a little too harsh on ' farmers ' who wear pyjamas . Why do they wear pyjamas all the time anyway ? Even mother does not give him the permission to get into back garden although he loves exploring ! The new house . Playing chess on his own . He escapes from boredom . Bruno sneaks out to the back garden , and goes exploring into a forest through a window in the shed that he ' s spotted before . There , he meets a boy in a striped pyjamas over a fence . He develops his friendship with the boy ' Shmuel '.' I ' m Shmuel . '' That ' s your name ? I ' ve never heard of anyone called that before . '' What sorta game are you all playing ? I mean , you all have numbers on your clothes . ' Meanwhile , the outrage towards the farmers deepens . His sister tells him that they ' re Jews , and also an enemy who they should get rid of . The sister ' s deeply adapted to the concept from their new tutor . Bruno peeks into the meeting room where a bunch of soldiers and his dad are watching a propaganda film on the camp . It looks like a pretty cool place . Everyone seems to by happy and united . There are cafes and other good places to play in . Growing friendship . Bruno discovers Shmuel in his house , wiping wine glasses . He gives Shmuel some food , but gets discovered by a scary soldier . Startled , Bruno says he ' s never seen the boy before and the boy helped himself to the food . He struggles from guilt . He goes back to the fence every day , but Shmuel ' s not there . When he finally sees him , he apologizes and promises he ' ll never let him down again . Bruno goes through under the fence to find Shmuel ' s missing dad . I won ' t let you down this time ! It ' s all different . Different especially from the propaganda film he ' s watched . Soldiers take them into a crowded room , ' take off clothes ! '' What is this place ? '' It ' s only a shower ! '--------- Great collaboration of plot , music and acting . I ' d love to read the book as well . Just like the movie , I guess there would have been no happy endings back then .