The Search
1948 · Movie · NR · 104 min · ★ 7.0
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.
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Details
- Years
- 1948
- Release date
- 1948-03-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 104 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (84 votes)
- Budget
- $250,000
Themes
- adoption
- auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
- post war germany
- love
- little boy
- orphan
- devotion
- trust
- displacement camp
- presumed dead
- post world war ii
- english lesson
- +7 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Story · 1949
- Golden Globe Award — Best Film Promoting International Understanding · 1949
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1949 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Story · 1949 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1949 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · nominated
Cast & crew
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
- EM
Ewart G. Morrison
as Mr. Crookes
Leopold Borkowski
as Joel Markowsky
- CG
Claude Gambier
as Raoul Dubois
- WR
William Rogers
as Tom Fisher
Directed by Fred Zinnemann