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Many people who have read the book or watched the film adaptation believe that it is a true story based on real people and real events. However, it is important to understand that the book is a work of fiction. The events portrayed could never have happened. Bruno is the main character in the book. He is a young German boy whose father, a high-ranking Nazi, takes a new job meaning the family have to move to a new place. As a young German boy, and the son of a senior SS officer, Bruno would have been, by law, a member of the Hitler Youth.

He would have attended a German school where students regularly swore oaths to Hitler and where antisemitic propaganda infiltrated every part of the curriculum. Children were taught that the war was something to be proud of as it meant that Germany would become a great power once more.

In fact the general public in Germany and in occupied Europe were well aware that Jewish people were being persecuted, forced to emigrate and eventually deported. There were also many who knew that Jewish people were being killed. Berlin is in Germany, and prior to Nazi rule, was home to a large Jewish population. Unfortunately, though, it was also the capital of the Reich, and as such, riddled with Nazi propaganda and violence against Jewish people.

Knowing that this is where Bruno comes from makes it easier to understand how little he comprehends what he sees in Auschwitz—though plenty of violence unfolded in Berlin, concentration camps were built elsewhere. Plus, he comes from a place that, on a governmental level, is pretty much devoutly anti-Semitic.

On the flip side, though, for our main man, Berlin represents comfort. His family has a very nice home there, and it's where Bruno's friends are—he has absolutely no beef with Berlin. It's his happy place, and importantly, his happy place is in his past.

When Bruno and his family move to Auschwitz, the setting changes both physically and tonally. Bruno's new house is smaller and duller; there are no markets, no restaurants, and no families or children around to interact with. Shmuel : I wish you'd remembered the chocolate. Bruno : Yes, I'm sorry. I know!

Perhaps you can come and have supper with us sometime. Shmuel : I can't, can I? Because of this. Bruno : But that's to stop the animals getting out, isn't it? Shmuel : Animals? No, it's to stop people getting out. Bruno : Are you not allowed out? What have you done? Sign In. Original title: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

Play trailer Drama History War. Director Mark Herman. John Boyne novel Mark Herman written for the screen by. Top credits Director Mark Herman. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas: Trailer. Photos Top cast Edit. Asa Butterfield Bruno as Bruno. SS Standard The novel has sold more than five million copies around the world.

In both and , it was the best-selling book of the year in Spain, and it has also reached number one on The New York Times bestseller list, as well as in the UK, Ireland and Australia. The book was adapted in as a film of the same name. The story happens in the Nazi Germany.

As a filmmaker, I studied nuances, character-based storytelling and building up a story from the introduction of the main till the end having. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Although the novel is fictional having it set during a time period of such significance, such as Germany under the Nazi regime, gives a sense of reality to the book.