The Search

The Search (1948)

Drama, War1 hour and 44 minutes
69%
User score
Description

In postwar Germany, a displaced Czech boy, separated from his family during wartime, is befriended by an American GI while the boy's mother desperately searches for him.

Richard Schweizer
Screenplay
Fred Zinnemann
Director
Montgomery Clift
Writer
Betty Smith
Writer
Peter Viertel
Writer
David Wechsler
Writer
Paul Jarrico
Writer

Actors

Montgomery Clift
Montgomery Clift
Ralph Stevenson
Ivan Jandl
Ivan Jandl
Karel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy'
Aline MacMahon
Aline MacMahon
Mrs. Murray
Wendell Corey
Wendell Corey
Jerry Fisher
Jarmila Novotná
Jarmila Novotná
Hannah Malik
Mary Patton
Mary Patton
Mrs. Fisher
Ewart G. Morrison
Ewart G. Morrison
Mr. Crookes
Leopold Borkowski
Leopold Borkowski
Joel Markowsky
Claude Gambier
Claude Gambier
Raoul Dubois
William Rogers
William Rogers
Tom Fisher
Fred Zinnemann
Fred Zinnemann
Interpreter (uncredited)
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

—

Revenue

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Keywords
adoptionauschwitz-birkenau concentration camppost war germanylovelittle boyorphandevotiontrustdisplacement camppresumed deadpost world war iienglish lessonrunaway childconcentration camp survivorcase workeramerican g.i.search for childdrowned childlearning english