(SPOILER) My response to the ending surprised

Rating: Null/10 (27 January 2009)

me the most. I still think about it. "Will they save the German boy?" "Will they arrive in time?" "Will they notice his hair?" The idea of a 'mistake' being made and yet why is it not a 'mistake' that the Jewish boy will die? I expected that all along I guess as that is history
I did not shed any tears but my response was that of puzzlement.
Perhaps I read too much (or too little( into this movie but I thought it well crafted. For example, the 'American' entertainer at the party. America's response at that time to to what was going on? Of course the theme of the uniforms
The theme of awareness of what is going on as Bruno plays and the Jews in the neighbourhood are being 'rounded up'.. There we see the innocence of the child which will eventually be dramatically stripped away. The mother's awareness also figures in here Even the father will be impacted although he 'steels' himself
Children affected by the parents is most striking with the young soldier who assists the commandant (father slipped away to Switzerland). Sometimes by actions and sometimes by birth (Jewish boy) My hearing I guess but it sounded like they were saying Schmoe.
One last thought, the language may very well have been intentional to make it more closely tied to our day, circumstances and surroundings. I do not fault the accents or lack of German speech