Movie
The Search
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1948-03-26
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Praesens-Film, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- Switzerland, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Ewart G. Morrison as Mr. Crookes
- Leopold Borkowski as Joel Markowsky
- Claude Gambier as Raoul Dubois
- William Rogers as Tom Fisher
- Fred Zinnemann as Interpreter (uncredited)
Crew
- Fred Zinnemann - Director
- Richard Schweizer - Screenplay
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