Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, The
- Year:
- 2008
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- Move!
- Move it!
Move!
Move!
Now!
It's me home.
- Bye, Bruno!
- Bye, Bruno!
- Hello, sweetheart.
- Mum, what's going on?
- We're celebrating.
- Celebrating?
Your father's been given a promotion.
- I know what promotion is.
So we're having a little party
to celebrate.
He's still going to be a soldier though,
isn't he?
Yes, my lamb.
Yes, just a more important one now.
There's some even more exciting news,
but I think Dad wanted
to tell you about that himself.
- Moving? Where to?
- To the countryside.
That's miles away.
What about Karl and Leon and Martin?
Sweetheart, I know it's hard,
but we're all having to say goodbye
to our friends for the time being.
Anyway, we'll make new ones
where we're going. Won't we?
Of course you are.
You'll make lots of new friends.
Bruno, you can have your friends
around in the morning before we go.
Think of it as an adventure,
like in one of your books.
But this is the best house ever.
Well, you never know. The house
we're going to might be even better.
Dad says it's got a garden.
Look, the thing is, Bruno,
the thing about being a soldier,
is that life is not so much about choice,
it's more about duty,
so if your country needs
you to go somewhere, you go.
Now, of course, going somewhere else
is much easier
when you know that your family
are so delighted to go with you.
Bruno! You're getting bigger
every time I see you.
It's only been a week, Nathalie.
Well, perhaps it's me
that's getting smaller.
So, you two,
well, what do you think of all this?
Moving out of Berlin?
it's a good thing,
so I suppose it must be.
Children, be angels, will you?
Pass some food around.
Heil Hitler!
Congratulations.
- Doesn't he look wonderful?
- Absolutely.
I'm so proud of you, my boy.
Oh, dear. I sometimes wonder
if this is all down to me,
making you those costumes
for your little plays when you were tiny.
- You used to adore all that dressing up.
- Nathalie...
Does it still make you feel special,
Ralf dear?
The uniform and what it stands for?
Mother, it's a party.
Let's not spoil things.
Me, spoil things?
You should be careful.
Airing your views so publicly
could land you in trouble.
You know that.
So, how long are we losing you for,
my boy?
- Until the war is won, I would think.
- Well, not so long then.
Bruno!
All right, Bruno. Time to say goodbye.
- Bye-bye.
- Bye-bye!
"Time has come for me to sleep
Lord, I thank Thee for Thy keep
"Watch this night well over me
And teach me, Lord, to trust in Thee
"Care for children, sick and poor
Grant them, Lord, Thy blessing more
"And this I pray in Jesus' name
Care for my family just the same"
Amen.
Children, look. Look! Our new home.
I have some business to take care of.
I'll see you shortly.
Well, what do we think?
Come on. It's lovely.
You two choose your rooms.
I'll have Maria come
and help you unpack.
What do you think of it, Maria?
The new house.
It's not for me to say.
But it won't feel like home
until we make it feel like home, will it?
Is he already up?
Who was that?
One of your father's soldiers,
I suppose.
- He looked very serious.
- Well, they are, aren't they?
- Why are we whispering?
- I don't know.
- And play with who?
- The children over on the farm.
Farm? I didn't see a farm.
And that one, too.
You can only see it from my room.
And there are some children there?
- Yes, quite a few.
- That's good.
- So, I'll be able to play with them.
- I don't see why not.
I'll wait a little bit,
just to see what they're like,
- because they look a bit strange.
- The children do?
- Well, and the farmers.
- What sort of strange?
I'm sorry.
Vegetables.
There.
Bruno, have you unpacked everything?
Because I think you should
go back upstairs and finish off.
Thank you, ma'am.
Bruno.
- I told you they were strange.
- Who?
The farmers. They wear pyjamas.
Bruno, I was just
coming to look for you.
Well, thank you for that.
That was extremely useful.
- I'll be over to see you later.
- Of course, Herr Kommandant.
Come in.
Sit down, sit down.
Well, what do you think?
Oh, dear.
I want to go home.
You are home, Bruno.
Isn't that right?
Bruno, you have to at least
give the place a chance.
I promise you,
it won't be long before you...
Why do the farmers wear pyjamas?
I can see them from my window.
The thing is, Bruno, those people...
Well, you see,
they're not really people at all.
Bruno, who told you it was a farm?
- Was it Maria?
- No.
It is a farm, isn't it?
Yes.
Is it to do with your new job?
All you need to know
about my work here, Bruno,
is that it's very important
to our country and to you.
We're working very hard
to make this world a better place
for you to grow up in.
But you're not a farmer.
You're a soldier.
Bruno, can you come and help me
finish sorting out in the kitchen?
I can still play with them, though?
The children.
I don't think so, Bruno. No.
Like you say, they're a bit strange.
A bit...
Well, they're different.
Don't worry, my darling.
We'll find you some new friends,
but they won't be the ones
from the farm.
Ralf, you promised.
- You said it was miles away.
- It is.
How was I to know he could see it
from the bedroom window?
There was one of them in our kitchen.
- Master Bruno, how are you today?
- Fed up.
You said the same thing
every day for two whole weeks.
- It's true.
- Well, you should be out playing.
- Playing with who?
- I don't know. Gretel?
- Well, you can make your own fun.
- That's what I'm trying to do.
One thing's for sure,
sitting around being miserable
won't make things any happier.
- Bruno, what are you doing?
- Exploring!
No! No, not in the back.
I told you, it's out of bounds.
- Explore at the front.
- But I've explored it all.
- Well, find something else to do.
- Like what?
Come back in now,
and we'll think of something.
So, children,
what are you doing today?
- Same as yesterday.
- And what was that?
- Same as the day before.
- Except you went exploring.
- I like exploring.
- Where did you go?
I wanted to look in the back garden,
but Mum wouldn't let me.
The back garden?
Well, God forbid.
I expect you'll be missing
those friends of yours.
I even miss school.
Well, I never thought
I'd hear you say that.
Anyway, you won't be missing it
for long.
- Really?
- I've arranged a tutor for you both.
A Herr Liszt
will be visiting twice a week.
So we're not going to school?
School's coming here?
On an old bicycle, I gather.
It's a bird without the...
Good morning, little man.
And how are you this morning?
- Can I ask you a favour?
- Well, you can ask.
Are there any spare tyres around?
An old one
from one of the trucks or something?
Well, the only spare tyre
I've seen around here
belongs to Lieutenant Meinberg.
- Well, is he using it?
- Yes, he's very attached to it.
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