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Although The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is Scanlon's feature film debut, [3] he did act before. He appeared in a 10-minute short film titled The Eye of the Butterfly (which led to him being suggested to the casting director of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ) [ 4 ] and in a 2007 episode of the Peter Serafinowicz Show .
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a 2006 historical fiction novel by Irish novelist John Boyne. The plot concerns a German boy named Bruno whose father is the commandant of Auschwitz and Bruno's friendship with a Jewish detainee named Shmuel. As of 2022, the book has sold over 11 million copies worldwide.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas has a 64% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 142 reviews, with an average rating of 6.30/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A touching and haunting family film that deals with the Holocaust in an arresting and unusual manner, and packs a brutal final punch of a twist."
John Boyne (born 30 April 1971) is an Irish novelist. [1] He is the author of sixteen novels for adults, six novels for younger readers, two novellas and one collection of short stories.
Shmuel Skaist, known professionally as Rav Shmuel, is an American Orthodox rabbi, speaker, and musician from Brooklyn, New York.Initially gaining recognition for his Jewish outreach programs aimed at Phish concertgoers, Skaist taught in yeshivot in New York and Israel for several years before deciding to pursue a music career.
8th Day is an American Hasidic pop rock band based in Los Alamitos, California.Formed in 2004 by brothers Shmuel and Bentzion Marcus, the group gained popularity in the Jewish music scene with their album Chasing Prophecy (2011) and its lead single, "Ya'alili", whose video became a minor viral hit on YouTube.
Shmuel Ben David (1884–1927), born in Sofia, Bulgaria, was an illustrator, painter, typographer and designer affiliated with the Bezalel school, an art movement that developed in Jerusalem in the early twentieth century.
The film was released first in the UK as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and subsequently released in the US as The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Most reviews and descriptions of the film used as references in this article use the US title. This article uses the UK title as that is the first country of release and the original title.