This week sees the release of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, a film dealing with the Holocaust from the perspective of two boys who befriend each other across the fence of a Nazi prison camp.

I recently spoke to the director Mark Herman about the film and the author John Boyne who wrote the original novel.

Listen to the interviews here:

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You can also download it as a podcast via iTunes by clicking here.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas opens today at UK cinemas

> Download this interview as an MP3 file
> Mark Herman at the IMDb
> John Boyne’s official site and blog
> Official UK site and IMDb entry for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas