Gretel — The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Character Profile

About Gretel

Bruno's older sister who is homeschooled and influenced by anti-semitic tutoring and a crush on Lieutenant Kotler, turning her into a Nazi supporter. Attends her grandmother's funeral, attempts to remove a Führer wreath, and is heartbroken when searching for the missing Bruno.

Character Facts

Played by

Amber Beattie

Appears in

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Gretel — Family Sister — Bruno (Asa Butterfield)

  Siblings who experience the war environment differently, with Gretel becoming indoctrinated.

• Gretel — Family Father — Father (David Thewlis)

  Father and daughter, where the father's authority and ideology heavily influence Gretel.

• Gretel — Professional Student — Herr Liszt (Jim Norton)

  Tutor and student, where Liszt's indoctrination successfully converts Gretel.

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• Mother (Vera Farmiga)
• Father (David Thewlis)
• Shmuel (Jack Scanlon)
• Herr Liszt (Jim Norton)
• Martin (Domonkos Németh)
• Meinberg (Iván Verebély)
• Heinz (Attila Egyed)
• Palm Court Singer (Charlie Baker)
• Berlin Cook (Zsuzsa Holl)
• Schultz (Béla Fesztbaum)
• Karl (Henry Kingsmill)