The Search (1948)

  • NR
  • 03/23/1948 (US)
  • Drama, War
  • 1h 44m

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.

Richard Schweizer

Screenplay

Fred Zinnemann

Director

Montgomery Clift

Writer

Betty Smith

Writer

Peter Viertel

Writer

Paul Jarrico

Writer

David Wechsler

Writer

Cast

Montgomery Clift's headshot

Montgomery Clift

Ralph Stevenson
Ivan Jandl's headshot

Ivan Jandl

Karel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy'
Aline MacMahon's headshot

Aline MacMahon

Mrs. Murray
Wendell Corey's headshot

Wendell Corey

Jerry Fisher
Jarmila Novotná's headshot

Jarmila Novotná

Hannah Malik
Mary Patton's headshot

Mary Patton

Mrs. Fisher
Ewart G. Morrison's headshot

Ewart G. Morrison

Mr. Crookes
Leopold Borkowski's headshot

Leopold Borkowski

Joel Markowsky

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