Product Details

• Actors: Sheila Hancock, David Thewlis, David Hayman, Jim Norton, Vera Farmiga
• Directors: Mark Herman
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Disney Educational Productions
• DVD Release Date: March 30, 2009
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00246VKGG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,509 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas highlights the secret friendship between two unlikely friends--the young son of a Nazi officer and the Jewish boy he encounters. The Classroom Edition of this Heartland Truly Moving Picture® Award-winning film features exclusive educational material including an exploration of the role propaganda played in WWII Germany. Includes printable educator's guide and Public Performance Rights for classroom/educational use only.

Customer Reviews

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than the Book?, October 1, 2009

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Book Lover - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Classroom Edition [Interactive DVD] (Interactive DVD)

I'm teaching The Boy in the Striped Pajamas to my lower level students this year. I absolutely loved the fable and thought it would be a great way to teach the students the literary term theme. I purchased this film to cover my state's media standards. I'm so glad that a classroom edition was available. It has bonus material that will be great to show the kids to discuss propaganda (also a state standard). I'm usually a die-hard believer in "the book is better," however, this film adaptation is incredible. I know it will spark a great discussion on the differences between print versus non-print. I'm excited to begin this unit with my students. I highly recommend using the film in your classroom. Plus, there are great teaching sources on the film available on the Internet (like a discussion guide).

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the wisdom of innocence, November 20, 2008

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Daniel B. Clendenin (www.journeywithjesus.net) - See all my reviews
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What did the Holocaust look like through the eyes of Jewish children consigned to the concentration camps? Or through the eyes of an entirely normal Nazi family whose father was "promoted" from Berlin to Commandant of a death camp in the countryside? Bruno is only eight years old, so he's naturally curious about the "farm" only a few hundred yards from his family mansion, where people wear striped pajamas with numbers on them. Where black smoke billows from chimneys, and where horrid smells fill the air. And if Pavel was a doctor, why is he now wearing those pajamas and peeling potatoes for his family? Bruno forms an unlikely friendship through the electric barbed wire with another eight-year-old, Shmuel. The innocence that they share puts into bold relief the horrendous consequences of the Holocaust -- for the Jews, of course, but in unlikely and catastrophic ways for every member of this prim, proper, and patriotic family whose father was responsible for "making the world better." The film explores a horrible paradox of the Holocaust -- that an evil of unimaginable magnitude was carried out by everyday people just like us.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Movie, Learning Aids Are On the DVD., May 25, 2010

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Walter Basil - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Classroom Edition [Interactive DVD] (Interactive DVD)

I was expecting more than a simple DVD branded for public use. The learning aids are actually on the DVD. You'll have to print them out. Good stuff.