The Search (1948) movie poster

The Search (1948)

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

104 minDramaWar

TMDb7.0/1087 votes

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.

Country: Switzerland, United States

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Cast

Montgomery Clift as Ralph Stevenson

Montgomery Clift

Ralph Stevenson

Ivan Jandl as Karel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy'

Ivan Jandl

Karel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy'

Aline MacMahon as Mrs. Murray

Aline MacMahon

Mrs. Murray

Wendell Corey as Jerry Fisher

Wendell Corey

Jerry Fisher

Jarmila Novotná as Hannah Malik

Jarmila Novotná

Hannah Malik

Mary Patton as Mrs. Fisher

Mary Patton

Mrs. Fisher

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Ewart G. Morrison

Mr. Crookes

Leopold Borkowski as Joel Markowsky

Leopold Borkowski

Joel Markowsky

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Claude Gambier

Raoul Dubois

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William Rogers

Tom Fisher

Fred Zinnemann as Interpreter (uncredited)

Fred Zinnemann

Interpreter (uncredited)

Keywords

Style:auschwitz-birkenau concentration campdisplacement campconcentration camp survivor

Plot:adoptionlovelittle boyorphandevotiontrustpresumed deadenglish lessonrunaway childcase workeramerican g.i.search for childdrowned childlearning english

Time:post world war ii

Place:post war germany