Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
- based on novel or book
- nazi
- nationalism
- concentration camp
- world war ii
- gas chamber
- concentration camp prisoner
- children in wartime
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Amber Beattie — Gretel
- Rupert Friend — Lieutenant Kotler
- David Hayman — Pavel
- Sheila Hancock — Grandma
- Richard Johnson — Grandpa
- Cara Horgan — Maria
- Jim Norton — Herr Liszt
- Zac Mattoon O'Brien — Leon
- Domonkos Németh — Martin
- Henry Kingsmill — Karl
- Zsuzsa Holl — Berlin Cook
- Directed
- Mark Herman
- Written
- Mark Herman
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 7,810 ratings
- Studio
- BBC Film, Miramax, Heyday Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
