Very sad but real. He showed the truth that many felt at that time. It ends with a mortal sacrifice that no human should make. I can only recommend watching!

My grandson was learning about the Holocaust so I decided to buy the film and he helped him add a face and other images as he read the book and he helped me engage in conversation with the class.

One of the most powerful, depressing yet beautiful films I have ever seen. I read the book before seeing the movie, it was worth it.

I saw this film on a Qantas flight from LAX to MEL. It was captivating, well acted, terrifying and devastating at the same time. The ending left me feeling like I got a kick in the stomach and I was devastated. It seems to have been a common reaction to this A380 flight. In this flight, sighs and tears were heard. However, I cannot recommend this film strongly enough as a reminder of what hate, fear and bigotry can do and how they affect children's innocence. The Holocaust was historically a…

I saw this film many years ago. I seem to recall that this was a TV production and wasn't actually shown in theaters. It shows the beautiful friendship that develops during World War II between two boys, one of whom is the son of a German officer and the other is buried in a concentration camp. At the same time, the German boy Bruno faces many problems and some questions in his life, trying to understand the enmity between nations during the war. The finale can surely bring you to tears as the…

Excellent film despite a difficult subject. If I were to teach a college level film course, this would be the number one film I should study. Symbolism, omens and images are worth studying. The filmmakers use the characters to show the rise and fall of World War II from the Nazi perspective. Their movements, clothing and facial expressions tell the story of a confident Nazi Germany rising to become a fractured and desperate group of sociopaths trying to complete their horrifying "Final…

As a former military officer in the US military, I have had the privilege of attending Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) and Air Force College. In addition, I received first class training on the 1947 Nuremberg Code and the Nuremberg Trials, run by the Allies as the International War Crimes Trial. This background is not intended to impress the reader of this review. Rather, I was looking for films that were based on historical novels and dealt with a complex topic so that a person with a…