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FilmDramaAdventureWar

The Search (1948)

NR · 1948-03-26 · 1h 44m · EN
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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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Montgomery CliftWriterFred ZinnemannDirectorPeter ViertelWriterPaul JarricoWriter

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Montgomery CliftMontgomery CliftRalph StevensonIvan JandlIvan JandlKarel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy'Aline MacMahonAline MacMahonMrs. MurrayWendell CoreyWendell CoreyJerry FisherJarmila NovotnáJarmila NovotnáHannah MalikMary PattonMary PattonMrs. FisherEwart G. MorrisonEwart G. MorrisonMr. CrookesWilliam RogersWilliam RogersTom FisherLeopold BorkowskiLeopold BorkowskiJoel MarkowskyClaude GambierClaude GambierRaoul DuboisFred ZinnemannFred ZinnemannInterpreter (uncredited)

Keywords

LoveOrphanTrustLittle boyPost world war iiAdoptionRunaway childAuschwitz-birkenau concentration campPost war germanyConcentration camp survivorPresumed deadDevotionEnglish lessonSearching motherAmerican g.i.Displacement campCase workerSearch for childDrowned childLearning english

Movie DNA

Genre affinityDrama · Adventure · WarTheme affinityLove · Orphan · TrustDialogue densityDramaEmotional intensityWar · Post World War Ii · Post War GermanyDirector preference209645Actor preference266328 · 156578 · 434904

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What is The Search about?

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.

How long is The Search?

The Search has a runtime of 104 minutes.

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