The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

2008 US-UK film directed by Mark Herman
Movie film Q157556
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Summary

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.88% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,238 views/month, #831 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Mark Herman[3]
  • Screenwriter: Mark Herman[4]
  • Composer: James Horner[5]
  • Genre: drama film[6]
  • Based on: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas[7]
  • Cast member: Asa Butterfield[8], Jack Scanlon[9], David Thewlis[10], Vera Farmiga[11], Rupert Friend[12], Amber Beattie[13], Sheila Hancock[14], Richard Johnson[15], Cara Horgan[16], David Hayman[17], Jim Norton[18]
  • Producer: David Heyman[19]
  • Depicts: gas chamber[20]
  • Production company: Heyday Films[21], BBC Film[22]
  • Director of photography: Benoît Delhomme[23]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[24]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[25]
  • Review score: 6.3/10[26], 65%[27], 55/100[28]
  • Color: color[29]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[30], United States[31]
  • Publication date: August 28, 2008[32], May 7, 2009[33]
  • Distributed by: Miramax[34], Netflix[35], Fandango at Home[36]
  • Narrative location: German Reich[37]
  • Official website: http://www.miramax.com/movie/the-boy-in-the-striped-pajamas[38]
  • Filming location: Budapest[39]
  • Main subject: World War II[40], The Holocaust[41], history of the Jews in Poland[42]
  • Film editor: Michael Ellis[43]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[44]
  • After a work by: John Boyne[45]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[46]

Why It Matters

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Máté · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cineuropa film id → 86708
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Cineuropa film id: 86708, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/319842818|The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (#319842818)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8369|Cin"
  2. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 914798
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 914798, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269672|batch #269672]]"
  3. 8w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Depicts → gas chamber
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Depicts: gas chamber, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787987883665"
  4. 8w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s +1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Set in period: 1942, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787982318018"
  5. 8w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s +1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Set in period: 1940s, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787856307365"
  6. 10w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s +1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Set in period: World War II, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786777714293"
  7. 10w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 49033
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 45380, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/264619|batch #264619]]"
  8. 17w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 64034
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
  9. 24w ago · Mcampany · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image purged at → —
    Jmk film rating → free from 12 years
    Country of origin → United Kingdom, United States
    Instance of → film
    + 40 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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