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The Search (1948) · Cineora

The Search poster

A FRED ZINNEMANN FILM

The Search

19481h 44mNRMovie

Drama

IMDb7.8/ 10 · 5.4K votes

EVERYBODY AGREES MGM'S THE SEARCH IS A WONDERFUL MOTION PICTURE!

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.

Melancholic
Heartwarming
Bittersweet
War
Family
True story

Pace: Measured
Intensity: Intense
Complexity: Easy watch

Good for a comfort rewatch and talking about after. Contains a child in peril.

DirectorFred Zinnemann

FormatFeature film

TMDB7.1 / 10

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The people behind the story

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Montgomery CliftRalph Stevenson

Ivan JandlKarel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy'

Aline MacMahonMrs. Murray

Wendell CoreyJerry Fisher

Jarmila NovotnáHannah Malik

Mary PattonMrs. Fisher

Ewart G. MorrisonMr. Crookes

Leopold BorkowskiJoel Markowsky

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