<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $12.5 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $44.1 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (released as The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in the United States) is a 2008 British American historical drama film set in World War II, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by John Boyne . Directed by Mark Herman, produced by BBC Films and Heyday Films, and distributed by Miramax, the film stars Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Asa Butterfield, and Jack Scanlon . It was released on 12 September 2008 in the United Kingdom . </P> <P> The Holocaust drama relates the horror of a World War II Nazi extermination camp through the eyes of two 8 - year - old boys; Bruno (Asa Butterfield), the son of the camp's Nazi commandant, and Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a Jewish inmate . The film was criticised for what some felt is a distorted view of the Auschwitz experience . </P>

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