All you need to know about my work here, Bruno, is that it is very important to our country.
Adapted by Mark Herman from the best-selling book by John Boyne, the film is a story seen through the eyes of an eight year old boy largely shielded from the reality of World War II.
This unforgettable tale follows an unlikely friendship that forms between Bruno, the son of a Nazi commandant, and Shmuel, a Jewish boy held captive in a concentration camp. Though the two are separated physically by a barbed-wire fence, their friendship grows and their lives become inescapably intertwined.
Starring:
Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Rupert Friend, Shelia Hancock, Jack Scanlon
Director:
Mark Herman
Producers:
David Heyman, Rosie Alison
Screenplay:
Mark Herman
Executive Producers:
Michael Kuhn, Richard Eyre, James D. Stern, Amir Malin, Rachel Cohen
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Distributor:
Credits summary:
Miramax Films in association with ±«Óãtv Films presents A Heyday Films Production
Certificate:
12A
Running time:
94 mins
Released:
12 September 2008
Out on DVD:
10 March 2009
Broadcast on:
17 February 2016