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The Search

Everybody agrees MGM's The Search is a wonderful motion picture!
Mar 26, 1948 · 1h 44m
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Drama

PLOT

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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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
Directed by Fred Zinnemann

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Praesens-Film, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country
US, CH

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