The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Trivia: In the scenes inside the camp, the boys were both meant to be barefoot. However the actor who played Bruno's parents vetoed it, and thus the boys were allowed to wear shoes.

Trivia: In the book, Bruno gives Schmuel a piece of chicken, however in the movie it was changed to the roll because Asa Butterfield, the actor portraying Bruno, was vegetarian and refused to touch the chicken.

GlitchLokison

Continuity mistake: When Pavel picks up the tire from the outhouse, it is a thin tyre with vertical lines, when Bruno is swinging on the tyre a few shots later, it is a thick tyre with lines both vertical and horizontal.

Professor Lazarus

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Father: What are you doing today?
Bruno: The same as yesterday.
Father: And what was that.
Bruno: The same as the day before.

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Answer: Yes. The Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp site was a huge area consisting of 3 separate camps, of which Camp II (Birkenau) was the biggest and had the commandant office and SS housing right next to it. The camp commander lived either close to camp II in the small town of Brzezinka or camp I, called the main camp. There were several houses and farms around the area and the town of Oswiecim in between all three camps. There were also several dozen subcamps.

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