The Boy in Striped Pajamis is Gripping ****

Rating: 9/10 (22 June 2009)

In viewing this excellent film, I was reminded of the television mini-series, "The Holocaust" because of the similarities of the parents. The mother again is an ambitious person who is annoyed that Jews are working in the house and the father is a silently ruthless character, totally caught up in the mayhem of Hitler's Germany.Ambitious, he is promoted and will be the good German in carrying out the execution of the millions of innocents.
The child, by his eyes, is immediately depicted as a young innocent, full of life as he and his pals meander through the streets of Berlin.
For sure, there was no exit for the victims in striped pajamas.