The Search
“Everybody agrees MGM's The Search is a wonderful motion picture!”
1948•NR•1h 44m•7.0•Released
DramaWar
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.
Director
Fred Zinnemann
Writer
Richard Schweizer
Languages
English, Czech, French
Studio
Praesens-Film
Cast
Montgomery Clift
Ralph Stevenson
Ivan Jandl
Karel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy'
Aline MacMahon
Mrs. Murray
Wendell Corey
Jerry Fisher
Jarmila Novotná
Hannah Malik
Mary Patton
Mrs. Fisher
Ewart G. Morrison
Mr. Crookes
Leopold Borkowski
Joel Markowsky
Claude Gambier
Raoul Dubois
William Rogers
Tom Fisher
Fred Zinnemann
Interpreter (uncredited)
Production
Company
Praesens-Film
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer
Lazar Wechsler
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