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The Search

The Search
★ 7.1/10•1948•1h 44m•NR•Drama

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

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

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 44m
LanguageEN
Release DateMar 26, 1948

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

Mr. Crookes

Leopold Borkowski

Leopold Borkowski

Joel Markowsky

Claude Gambier

Raoul Dubois

William Rogers

Tom Fisher

Fred Zinnemann

Fred Zinnemann

Interpreter (uncredited)

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