A wealthy boy forms an unlikely friendship with a poor kid, drawn to his charm and resilience. However, the rich boy is unaware of the dark secret his new friend is hiding, a truth that could change everything between them.

‘SPOILER ALERT’

A young boy named Bruno arrives home from school, and meets some workers moving several things around the house. As he looks confused, he sees his mom Elsa, and his sister Gretel, coming downstairs to the living room, so he asks what’s happening.

Elsa says they’re having a small party to celebrate the fact that his dad Ralf, has just been promoted at work. Bruno asks if he’ll still be a soldier, and Elsa says he will, but that he’s now an important one. She adds that Ralf has another exciting news to share with him.

Shortly after, Ralf tells Bruno that the family will be relocating to the countryside. Bruno thinks it’s too far, especially since his friends live in the city, but Elsa says she’s sure they’ll make a lot of new friends in the countryside. Ralf adds that he wants Bruno to think of the relocation as an adventure that is similar to the ones in his books.

He also explains that the relocation is necessary because he’s a soldier who needs to go wherever he’s posted. Bruno doesn’t say anything after this, but he seems to have accepted that he’ll be moving to the countryside with his family. Later that night, during the party at the house, Bruno and Gretel see their grandparents and immediately run to meet them.

They look particularly pleased to see their grandmother, and she jokes about how Bruno keeps getting bigger every time she sees him. Their grandfather then asks what they think about moving to the countryside and leaving Berlin. Gretel says her parents think it’s a good thing, and she believes they’re right.

Her grandmother doesn’t look pleased with her answer, and as Elsa notices this, she quickly gets the kids to move away and help with passing around some food. Shortly after, Ralf comes down to meet his guests. He also greets his parents, but his mom doesn’t seem to appreciate the fact that he’s a Nazi soldier.

As she asks if the uniform makes him feel special, Ralf tells her to stop airing her views publicly because it could land her in trouble. His mom doesn’t respond to this, but as his dad asks how long he’ll be gone, Ralf says it’s until the war is won. The next morning, Bruno takes one last look at the house before going to join his family on the trip to their new home.

After a long journey, they finally get there, but Bruno looks disappointed because it’s not what he expected. As the family enters the house, Ralf tells Elsa to take care of the kids while he heads into an office for a meeting with his colleagues. Bruno still looks disappointed while sitting on the stairs, and as Elsa asks what the kids think of the new house, he just stays silent.

Elsa believes the house is lovely, and as she tells the kids to choose their rooms, Gretel quickly runs upstairs. After Bruno sits in his new room, the maid, Maria, helps him unpack his things. He then asks what she thinks about the new house, and Maria says it’s okay. As they’re talking, a soldier named Kotler stops in front of the room and stares at Bruno. After he eventually walks away, Bruno asks Maria who he is, and she says he’s likely one of Ralf’s soldiers.

Just then, Bruno sees his room window and decides to look outside. Surprisingly, he sees some people up ahead and believes they’re farmers. Shortly after, he goes to ask Elsa if he can play with the kids in the area. Elsa asks what he’s talking about, and he says he saw some kids on a farm. Elsa says she didn’t know there was a farm close to the house, but Bruno says it’s only visible from his room window.

Elsa then says he can play with the kids if he wants. Bruno looks happy about this, but he says he’ll have to watch them for a while to see what they’re like because they look strange. As Elsa asks what he means, a man named Pavel walks into the kitchen to drop some vegetables. After dropping it and heading out, Bruno notices that he’s wearing a pair of pyjamas under his clothes. Bruno then says he knew the farmers were strange, and as Elsa sounds confused, he says that they were all wearing pyjamas.

Elsa looks confused and walks to Bruno’s room to see what he’s talking about. Almost immediately, Ralf sees Bruno and calls him into his office. As they get there, Ralf asks Bruno what he thinks of the new house, but he says he wants to go back to their old home. Ralf says he needs to give the new place a chance, and Bruno asks him why the farmers outside his room window are wearing pyjamas. Ralf looks shocked to hear this, and he tells Bruno that the individuals on the farm are not really people at all.

Bruno doesn’t get this, but Elsa barges into the office and asks if anyone told him that the place outside his window is a farm. She specifically asks if it was Maria, but Bruno says no one told him anything. He then asks if it’s not a farm, but his parents don’t know what to tell him.

As he also asks if it has something to do with his dad’s promotion, Ralf says Bruno needs to understand that what’s happening there is important to their country and to him. He adds that they’re doing everything they can to make the world a better place for everyone to live in. Bruno doesn’t get this because his dad is not a farmer, but before Ralf says anything, Elsa tells him to come and help her in the kitchen.

Bruno asks if he’ll still be able to play with the kids on the farm, but Elsa says she doesn’t think so. Bruno looks disappointed to hear this, but Elsa says they’ll soon find him some new friends who won’t be from the farm. After she tells him to go to the kitchen, Elsa turns back and sounds pissed at Ralf because she didn’t think the place would be close to the house.

Ralf says he didn’t know Bruno could see it from his room, but Elsa complains that one of them was in the kitchen earlier. Ralf doesn’t say anything, and Elsa just heads out. It then turns out that the farm Bruno is referring to is actually an extermination camp where the Nazis imprison the Jews and kill them. The next day, Bruno’s window gets blocked, and as Maria comes to arrange his clothes, she asks how he’s doing. Bruno says he’s fed up with the house, but Maria mentions that he needs to stop saying that.

She adds that he should spend more time playing outside instead of always staying indoors. Bruno then takes her advice and heads outside to play. After a while, he gets bored and sees the door to the backyard open.

He then walks to the backyard, but before he goes too far, Elsa sees him from her window and calls him to come back inside. Bruno says he’s only trying to explore the back, but Elsa insists that he needs to come inside, and he does as he’s told. Shortly after, while they’re having dinner, Ralf asks the kids how their day went.

Bruno says he didn’t do anything different, but Elsa mentions that he went to the backyard. Bruno then tells Ralf about how Elsa stopped him from exploring the backyard. Ralf also seems to be against it, and Bruno mentions that he misses his friends and school. Ralf says he has already arranged for a tutor to come to the house regularly to teach the kids everything they need to know. Bruno sounds surprised that they won’t be going to another school, and as he clarifies this, Ralf mentions that the teacher will be coming with a bicycle.

The next day, Bruno goes to meet Kotler to ask if there are any spare tires in the house. Kotler and Gretel initially joke about this, but Bruno eventually mentions that he needs a tire because he wants to make a swing. Kotler thinks it’s a good idea, and he shouts at Pavel to come closer. As Pavel stands near the car, Kotler tells him to take Bruno to the outhouse in the back garden. He adds that Bruno will select any tire he wants, and Pavel will carry it for him.

Pavel looks scared, but he doesn’t complain, and Bruno finds this strange. As Pavel then takes him to the outhouse and looks for the tires, Bruno sees a window inside and continues staring at it. Almost immediately, Pavel shows Bruno a tire he found, and as he says he likes it, they head back together. After Bruno makes the swing and sits on it, he sees some smoke in the air and wonders where it’s coming from. As he tries to stand on the swing to look outside the fence, he falls down and gets himself injured.

Luckily, Pavel is standing nearby, so he takes Bruno inside to help him bandage his injured leg. No one seems to be in the kitchen, and Pavel takes his time to help Bruno, who then asks for his mom. Pavel says she just went out, and Bruno asks if he’ll need to go to a hospital to have his leg checked.

Pavel says it’s not necessary because his injury is only a small cut. After Pavel is done bandaging the leg, he tells Bruno to sit still for a while. As he then starts peeling some potatoes, Bruno asks if Pavel will tell his mom what happened. Pavel says she’ll see it by herself, and Bruno says she might want to take him to see a doctor because the cut might be worse than it looks. Pavel says it’s not, and Bruno asks how he knows this even though he’s not a doctor.

Pavel says he is, but Bruno can’t believe this because he doesn’t look like one. Pavel then mentions that he used to practice as a doctor before he came to the house. Bruno thinks he probably wasn’t good enough as a doctor, but Pavel doesn’t respond to this. He then asks what Bruno wants to be when he grows up.

Before he responds, Pavel says he knows that Bruno wants to be an explorer. Bruno looks shocked and asks how he knows, but before Pavel says anything, he also asks if things are nice on the farm. Suddenly, Elsa enters the kitchen and looks shocked to see Bruno talking to Pavel. She ignores this and runs to ask what happened to Bruno’s leg. Bruno explains what happened and mentions that Pavel carried him and bandaged his leg.

Elsa is shocked to hear this, and she tells Bruno to go to his room. He doesn’t want to do this, but Elsa insists and tells him not to argue about it. After he leaves, Elsa hesitates for a while before she thanks Pavel for helping Bruno. Pavel doesn’t say anything, and Elsa just leaves the kitchen. A while later, a man named Herr Liszt arrives at the house, and since he’s riding a bicycle, Bruno tells Gretel that it seems their teacher is around.

Shortly after, Herr Liszt sits with the kids and asks if they read books about history and the things going on in the country. Gretel says she usually reads newspapers, and Herr Liszt sounds impressed. As he asks if Bruno also reads newspapers, he says he only reads adventure books. Herr Liszt then says he needs to shift his focus away from fiction. He also gives Bruno a book he can start reading because it’s important to learn about the country’s history.

Later that day, as Bruno reads the book, he sees the backyard door open again. After looking around to be sure no one will see him, Bruno heads to the backyard and enters the outhouse. He then opens the window and jumps out of it to get to the woods. After this, he plays around and heads toward the farm to see if there are kids he can play with. As he almost gets there, he sees that there’s a wired fence around the farm.

He eventually walks closer and sees a boy named Shmuel sitting alone in front of the fence. When Shmuel looks up, he’s shocked to see Bruno, who says he’s just exploring. He also asks what Shmuel is doing, and he says he’s helping with building a hut. Bruno says he must have a lot of friends, and even though Shmuel confirms this, he says they usually fight a lot, and it’s why he likes being on his own. Bruno then properly introduces himself, and Shmuel also says his name.

Bruno sounds shocked because he has never heard such a name before. Shmuel doesn’t say anything, and Bruno mentions that he lives in the nearby house. Shmuel asks if he has any food on him because he’s hungry, but Bruno says he doesn’t. Bruno then says it’s quite unfair that he’s always bored at his house while Shmuel is in a place where he has a lot of friends. He also asks about the number on Shmuel’s pyjamas, and if it has something to do with a game he’s playing with his friends.

Shmuel says it’s his number, and that everyone living inside the camp has one too. As Bruno asks for more details about the number, Shmuel hears a whistle and says he has to go. Bruno doesn’t get this, but he says it was nice to meet him. As Shmuel pushes his wheelbarrow away, he says it was also nice to meet Bruno. The next day, Bruno looks around the house for his ball, but he doesn’t find it.

He then asks if his mom knows where it is, but she says she doesn’t. As he sees a chocolate bar on the table, he remembers that Shmuel wants something to eat, so he asks if he can take it. Elsa says he can, and as he’s about to leave the kitchen, she tells him to check the cellar because his ball might be there.

As he leaves, Elsa looks out the window and sees Pavel working in the garden even though he looks really tired and weak. Meanwhile, Bruno gets to the cellar and finds the ball. Before he leaves, he sees Gretel’s dolls inside the cellar, so he heads to her room to tell her what he saw. Interestingly, he meets Gretel putting up some Nazi posters in her room, and as he talks about her dolls, she mentions that they’re for little girls. She adds that it doesn’t make sense for her to play with dolls while there are people risking their lives in the war.

Bruno finds this weird, but he just sneaks out of the house to meet Shmuel again. Unfortunately, Shmuel is not at the fence, and Bruno is forced to eat the chocolate alone. The next day, Bruno sits on his swing and waits for Kotler to drive his mom out to the market. Before Elsa enters the car, she asks if Bruno wants to come with her, but he says he’s fine at home.

After Kotler drives her out, Bruno heads to the fence to meet Shmuel again. Luckily, Shmuel is there, and Bruno asks why he and the others are always wearing pyjamas. Shmuel says it’s not pyjamas, and Bruno looks confused. He still asks why they wear it, and Shmuel says they have to because their clothes were taken away by the soldiers when they arrived at the camp. Bruno doesn’t get this, and as he asks why their clothes were taken, Shmuel says he doesn’t know.

As he adds that he doesn’t like the soldiers, he asks what Bruno thinks of them, and he says that his dad is a soldier. However, he mentions that his dad is not the kind of soldier who would take people’s clothes away for no reason. Shmuel asks what kind of soldier he is, and Bruno says he’s an important one who is in charge of making things better for everyone.

Bruno then asks if Shmuel’s dad is a farmer. Shmuel says he used to be a watchmaker, but he now mends boots for the soldiers. Bruno says it’s funny that grown-ups can’t make up their minds on what to do. He adds that it’s just like Pavel, who used to be a doctor but gave it up to peel potatoes.

Bruno then asks if Shmuel knows what gets burnt in the chimney inside the camp. Shmuel says he doesn’t know because no one is allowed to go there, but that his mom once told him that they use it to burn old clothes. Bruno says the clothes must be really bad because the smell from the smoke is horrid.

Shmuel then says he wishes Bruno remembered to bring the chocolate. Bruno says he’s sorry for forgetting, but that maybe Shmuel will come to his house to have dinner one day. Shmuel says he can’t leave because of the fence, but Bruno says he thought it was meant to keep the animals from going out.

Shmuel says it’s to keep people from getting out, and Bruno asks what they did. Shmuel says he’s a Jew, and Bruno looks shocked to hear this because he has always been told that Jews are bad people. Bruno suddenly looks uncomfortable and says he needs to leave. Shmuel then asks if he’ll come again the next day, and he says he’ll try. Elsewhere, Elsa returns home and notices that Bruno is not on his swing.

As she enters the house, she also doesn’t see him, so she asks Gretel where he is. Gretel says he’s likely outside on his swing, and as Elsa heads out to check again, she sees Bruno there and looks relieved. Later that day, while Bruno is playing a game with Gretel, he asks her and Elsa if they saw the smoke from the other day.

Elsa seems to be distracted as she watches Ralf speaking to his dad on the phone. After the call ends, Ralf says only his dad is coming to see them because his mom is sick. Bruno then asks his dad about the smoke and its smell, and Ralf says they were likely burning some rubbish. The next day, Herr Liszt gets Gretel to read a book about how the Jews are bad people who want to destroy Germany. Bruno asks if there’s anything like a nice jew, but Herr Liszt says it’s impossible.

He adds that if Bruno finds one, he’ll be the best explorer in the world. Later that day, Bruno steals some food from the kitchen and hides it in a small bag so that Shmuel can have something to eat. Maria and Elsa nearly catch him, but he lies about the contents of the bag.

Shortly after, he sneaks out of the house and gives the food to Shmuel, who looks happy and enjoys it. As he’s eating, Bruno throws his ball over the fence so that Shmuel can play with him. Shmuel looks scared and throws it back, after which he tells Bruno not to do it again.

Bruno senses that he’s uncomfortable, and he asks if Shmuel hates ball games. Shmuel says it’s dangerous to play with a ball in the camp, but this leaves Bruno confused. As he hears a whistle, Shmuel runs away, and Bruno doesn’t get why he’s scared. When he returns home, Elsa sees him coming out of the backyard and asks what he was doing there. Bruno says he just went to pick up his ball when it went over to the backyard.

Elsa believes this, and Bruno heads inside. Elsa then smells something strange, and as she wonders what it is, Kotler jokes that the Jews smell worse when they burn. Elsa is shocked to hear this, and as she sees the smoke in the sky, Kotler says he thought she knew.

Elsa then confronts Ralf about this, but he says he couldn’t tell her because he was sworn to secrecy. Elsa can’t believe Ralf agreed to do something like that to the Jews, but he says he’s a soldier who is fighting a war. He adds that the level they all desire to reach as a country cannot be attained without the kind of work that’s going on in the camp.

Elsa cannot believe this, and as she starts crying, Bruno sees this and tells his parents that his grandfather is around. Ralf says they’ll be out in a while, and Bruno leaves. Ralf then turns to Elsa to ask who told her what was going on in the camp, but she remains silent.

A while later, the family sits together for dinner, and Kotler also joins them. While they’re eating, Bruno asks about his grandmother, and his grandfather says she’s sick. He says she had been looking forward to the trip for weeks before she eventually fell ill. Elsa says the thought of coming to the house is likely what got her sick, and even though the kids don’t understand this, Ralf and Kotler seem to know what she’s talking about.

Ralf’s father then asks the kids about their teacher, and Bruno says he only talks about history. His grandfather says it’s an important subject, and Kotler also mentions that it used to be his best subject as a child, but his dad didn’t like it. Ralf asks why, and Kotler says his dad was a professor of Literature.

Ralf seems interested in finding out more about Kotler’s dad, and he asks where he currently is. Kotler initially hesitates, but he eventually mentions that his dad is in Switzerland. Just then, Ralf calls on Pavel to pour him more wine. As he does this, Ralf and his dad start implying that Kotler’s dad is likely one of the traitors who left the country because they didn’t agree with the government’s policy.

Before Kotler says anything, Pavel mistakenly knocks down his wine glass, and this gets him pissed. He then drags Pavel into another room to beat him up. Elsa tells Ralf to stop Kotler from beating Pavel, but he just remains silent. Later that day, Bruno sits in Gretel’s room and complains about how their dad just sat at the table and did nothing. Gretel says that Pavel deserved the beating, but Bruno doesn’t get this.

Bruno then asks if Gretel can answer a question he has about the farm. Gretel then says it’s not a farm, and that it’s actually a work camp for Jews. Bruno believes they’re there to work because Jews are the best workers, but Gretel says they’re evil people.

Bruno sounds confused, but Gretel continues to talk about how the Jews made Germany lose a war. Bruno then asks if their dad is a good person since he’s in charge of a horrible place, but Gretel says it’s only bad for the Jews. She adds that they should be proud of their dad because he’s doing a good job in trying to make their country great again. The next day, Elsa appears to have cried a lot throughout the night, and Bruno notices this. After a while, he thinks about what Gretel said but still decides to go and see Shmuel.

Before he leaves the house, though, he sees Shmuel cleaning some wine glasses in the dining room. Bruno is shocked by this, and as he goes to see him, Shmuel says he only came because the soldiers needed someone with tiny fingers to clean the glasses. Bruno then asks if Shmuel knows that they’re supposed to be enemies and not friends.

Shmuel doesn’t say anything, but Bruno sees him looking at the baked food on the table, so he asks if he wants one. Shmuel says he does, so Bruno gives it to him. He then asks Shmuel if his dad is a good person, and if he’s also proud of him.

Shmuel says he is, and he asks if Bruno isn’t proud of his own dad. Bruno doesn’t respond to this, but he asks if things are really horrible at the camp. Before Shmuel says anything, Kotler sees him eating something and immediately confronts him about it. Kotler asks if Shmuel has been stealing food in the house, but he says that Bruno was the one who gave it to him because they’re friends. Kotler cannot believe this, and he asks if Bruno knows Shmuel.

Bruno looks really scared, and he denies knowing Shmuel and says he has never seen him before. Kotler then tells Shmuel that when he’s done cleaning the glasses, he’ll teach him why stealing is bad. As Bruno returns to his room, he looks really angry at himself and decides to head back to apologize to Shmuel. When he gets to the dining room, he sees Maria cleaning the glasses and realizes that Shmuel has been taken away to be disciplined. He then sneaks to the back garden and goes to the fence, but he doesn’t see Shmuel.

When he returns home, he sees some cars arriving at the house for a meeting with Ralf. As they watch a video about the camp, Bruno climbs up sneakily to watch it. He then sees that the video is about how great the camp is. As the recording ends, Ralf comes out with the other soldiers, and Bruno goes to hug him because he now believes his dad isn’t doing anything horrible to the Jews. The next day, while Bruno prepares to go to the fence to see Shmuel, Kotler appears in front of him.

Bruno looks scared, but Kotler just pats his head and says goodbye to him. After he leaves, Bruno also heads out to the fence, but he doesn’t see Shmuel there. A few days later, Bruno finally sees Shmuel by the fence, but he now has a bruised face.

Bruno says he doesn’t understand what’s happening because he saw a nice video about the camp. He adds that he’s sorry for what he did, and he doesn’t know why he lied. As he asks if they’re still friends, Shmuel says they are, and they shake hands.

The next day, while Bruno is having dinner with his family, Gretel asks about Kotler, and Ralf says he has been sent to the war front because he’s still young. Elsa interrupts him and tells Gretel that Kotler was actually sent to the battlefront because he failed to inform the authorities that his dad was a traitor. As Ralf walks away, Bruno notices that he hasn’t seen Pavel in a while, so he asks Elsa when he’ll be back.

Elsa doesn’t say anything, but Gretel mentions that Pavel is never coming back. Bruno doesn’t get this, but Ralf then shows up and informs his family that he has just received a call informing him that his parent’s house has been bombed, and his mom is dead. On the day of the funeral, Elsa sees a note from Hitler on her mother-in-law’s coffin, and she tells Ralf that his mother wouldn’t have wanted it.

Ralf says it’s what Hitler wants, and Elsa cannot believe this. She then tries to remove the note, but Ralf holds her back so that she won’t create a scene. Later that night, Ralf and Elsa have a serious argument about having the kids close to the camp. Bruno is unable to sleep due to the noise, so he goes to meet Gretel in her room. The next morning, Ralf calls his kids to his office and asks if they’re enjoying their time in the house.

Surprisingly, Bruno says he is, but Gretel mentions that she misses her friends. Ralf then mentions that he wants to send them to a safer place because Elsa doesn’t think they should be at the house anymore. Bruno doesn’t want this, but Ralf says his decision is final, and they’ll be leaving the next day. Later that day, Bruno goes to meet Shmuel and sees him looking dejected. He then asks what’s going on, and Shmuel says he hasn’t seen his dad since he went on a different work duty with some other men.

Bruno says he also has some bad news because he’s moving away from the house to the city. Shmuel asks how long he’ll be gone, and he says it’s forever. He adds that his mom thinks the house is not for children, but he doesn’t believe it. Shmuel asks when he’ll be going, and he says it’s after lunch the next day. Shmuel looks sad because he’ll never see his friend again, but Bruno mentions that they can still see each other in Berlin after the war is over.

He adds that he really would’ve liked to stay longer so he could help Shmuel find his dad as a way to properly make it up to him for denying him as a friend the other day. Shmuel doesn’t think it’s possible anyway, but as Bruno uses a stick to poke the ground, he realizes that he can dig it to go under the fence and enter the camp. Shmuel says he can come to the other side instead, but Bruno says there’s no point in that since the plan is to find his dad.

Bruno then asks if he’ll blend in well, but Shmuel mentions that he might have to shave his head. Bruno says he doesn’t want to do this, so Shmuel tells him not to worry because he can get a cap for him. Bruno then mentions that he needs a pair of pyjamas, and Shmuel says he can get him one because there’s a hut full of them.

The next day, Bruno prepares a big sandwich and hides it at the back of his shirt. As he’s about to head out, Elsa asks where he’s going, and he says he wants to play with his swing for the last time. Elsa agrees to let him go out, so he runs to the fence with a shovel.

Unfortunately, his sandwich has already fallen on the way, and even though he looks disappointed, he quickly changes his clothes and wears the cap Shmuel gave him. After digging the ground, Bruno enters the camp, and the two boys look happy to finally be on the same side. As they walk toward the huts together, Bruno notices that the place is nothing like what he saw on the video the other day.

Bruno looks scared and thinks about going back, but as Shmuel says they still need to find his dad, he agrees to help. Meanwhile, Elsa notices that Bruno is not on the swing, and as she checks around the house, she notices that he’s not there. She eventually sees that the backyard door is open, and as she runs to the back with Maria and Gretel, they see the sandwich inside the outhouse.

They also see the open window and realize that Bruno went to the camp. Elsa immediately returns to the house and barges in on Ralf’s meeting to tell him that their son is missing. Elsewhere, Bruno follows Shmuel to his hut, but as they get there, some soldiers push everyone out and lead them to a gas chamber. As they get there, they’re all told to take off their clothes. Bruno and Shmuel don’t get why they have to do this, but someone says they’re just going to take a shower together.

Following this, they’re all locked in the chamber and a strange chemical is poured in from an opening at the top. Meanwhile, Ralf takes his men to the fence and sees Bruno’s clothes on the ground. He immediately heads into the camp and starts looking for Bruno. Elsa and Gretel also get to the fence, and as they see Bruno’s clothes on the floor, they look worried.

Shortly after, Ralf sees an empty hut and realizes that since Bruno has not been found, he might’ve been with the group that was taken to the gas chamber. As he runs in the rain, he calls Bruno’s name, but he doesn’t get a response. Unfortunately, the chamber is now silent, and it turns out that everyone inside there has been killed with a toxic gas.

Ralf realizes this and cannot believe that his son is dead. As Gretel and Elsa hear Ralf calling Bruno’s name, they look scared and eventually realize that Bruno is dead. Elsa is devastated by this, and she breaks down in tears just by the fence.

Bruno always wanted to be an explorer, and his adventurous nature was what made him find the camp in the first place. Even though he didn’t quite understand what was going on there, Bruno didn’t mind being friends with Shmuel.

Unfortunately, his decision to enter the camp to find Shmuel’s father turned out to be a bad one, but it was at that point that he realized that his dad was a bad person. Ralf seemed to have no problems with the atrocities going on inside the camp, but in the end, he learned a harsh lesson that cost him his son.

The Boy In The Stripped Pyjamas 2008.