A concentration camp commander's son and a Jewish boy become friends despite the fence between them.
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Movie theaters showing The Boy in the Striped Pajamas near Los Angeles, CA:
The Landmark in Los Angeles, CA
Pacific Theatres Glendale 18 The Americana at Brand in Glendale, CA
AMC Loews Marina 6 in Del Rey, CA
AMC Burbank 16 in Burbank, CA
Laemmle's Monica 4-plex in Santa Monica, CA
Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, CA
ArcLight Sherman Oaks in Sherman Oaks, CA
AMC Norwalk 20 in Norwalk, CA
AMC Rolling Hills 20 in Torrance, CA
Regal The Avenue 13 in Rolling Hills Estates, CA
AMC Promenade 16 in Woodland Hills, CA
Cinemark at The Pike in Long Beach, CA
Laemmle's Fallbrook 7 in Los Angeles, CA
AMC Puente Hills 20 in City of Industry, CA
Edwards West Covina Stadium 18 in West Covina, CA
UA Marketplace - Long Beach in Long Beach, CA
AMC Covina 30 in Covina, CA
Edwards Brea Stadium West 10 in Brea, CA
AMC Fullerton 20 in Fullerton, CA
The Movie Experience Anaheim Gardenwalk in Anaheim, CA
AMC 30 At The Block in Orange, CA
Civic Center Stadium 16 in Simi Valley, CA
Century Theatres 25 in Orange, CA
Regency Westlake Village Twin in Westlake Village, CA
Edwards La Verne Stadium 12 in La Verne, CA
Edwards Anaheim Hills 14 in Anaheim, CA
Laemmle's Claremont 5 in Claremont, CA
Regency Lido Theatre in Newport Beach, CA
Edwards Ontario Mountain Village Stadium 14 in Ontario, CA
Edwards Westpark 8 in Irvine, CA
Cinemark at Antelope Valley Mall in Palmdale, CA
AMC Ontario Mills 30 in Ontario, CA
Regal Foothill Towne Center 22 in Foothill Ranch, CA
Paseo Camarillo in Camarillo, CA
Edwards Aliso Viejo Stadium 20 in Aliso Viejo, CA
Cinemark 22 - Lancaster in Lancaster, CA
Edwards Corona Crossings Stadium 18 in Corona, CA
Century Downtown 10 in Ventura, CA
Regency Rancho Niguel in Laguna Niguel, CA
The Movie Experience at Tower Plaza in Temecula, CA
Edwards San Marcos Stadium 18 in San Marcos, CA
UltraStar Flower Hill Cinema in Del Mar, CA
| David Thewlis | Father |
| David Heyman | Pavel |
| Jim Norton | Herr Liszt |
| Vera Farmiga | Elsa |
| Rupert Friend | Lt. Kotler |
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Writer-director Mark Herman took on tough material when he chose to adapt "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas." The 2006 young-adult novel by John Boyne cleaves to a young boy's point of view and his unlikely friendship with a concentration camp inmate to construct an allegory about the Holocaust. Having overheard grown-up conversations, the boy refers to Auschwitz as "Out-With" and the Fuehrer as "the Fury," devices that the film cannot depend upon. Translating this dark fable to the screen, Herman for the most part maintains the book's oversimplification of historical events, but he nonetheless crafts an affecting drama that refuses to soft-pedal its harrowing conclusion. (Full review)