The Search

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1948-03-26

Languages:

English, German, French, Polish, Hungarian, Czech

Countries:

Switzerland, USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (2621 Reviews)

Director:

Fred Zinnemann

Genres:

Adventure Drama War

Cast:

Montgomery Clift Aline MacMahon Wendell Corey Jarmila Novotna

Writer:

Richard Schweizer (screen play)

David Wechsler (collaborator: on screen play)

Paul Jarrico (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

A silent nine-year-old Czech boy, a survivor of Auschwitz, flees a refugee center in postwar Germany and is found by an American G.I. At the same time, the boy's mother, the sole surviving member of his family, searches refugee centers for her son. Time, distance, and the massive numbers of refugee children are factors hampering the reunion of mother and son.

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