Drama ·War · Switzerland · 1948 · 1h 44m

The Search

The Search poster
Director
Fred Zinnemann
Cast
Montgomery Clift as Ralph Stevenson Ivan Jandl as Karel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy' Aline MacMahon as Mrs. Murray Wendell Corey as Jerry Fisher Jarmila Novotná as Hannah Malik Mary Patton as Mrs. Fisher
Crew
Emil Berna — Director of Photography Hermann Haller — Editor Robert Blum — Original Music Composer Richard Schweizer — Screenplay Lazar Wechsler — Producer Robert Furrer — Production Design
Tagline

Everybody agrees MGM's The Search is a wonderful motion picture!

Synopsis

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.

Trailer The Search — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
adoptionauschwitz-birkenau concentration camppost war germanylovelittle boyorphandevotiontrustdisplacement camppresumed deadpost world war iienglish lesson
Key Collaborators
Fred Zinnemann Director Emil Berna Director of Photography Hermann Haller Editor Robert Blum Original Music Composer Richard Schweizer Screenplay Lazar Wechsler Producer Robert Furrer Production Design Robert Gamma Costume Design
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