The Search (1948)
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
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Montgomery Clift as Ralph Stevenson |
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Ivan Jandl as Karel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy' |
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Aline MacMahon as Mrs. Murray |
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Wendell Corey as Jerry Fisher |
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Jarmila Novotná as Hannah Malik |
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Mary Patton as Mrs. Fisher |
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Ewart G. Morrison as Mr. Crookes |
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Leopold Borkowski as Joel Markowsky |
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Claude Gambier as Raoul Dubois |
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William Rogers as Tom Fisher |
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Fred Zinnemann as Interpreter (uncredited) |
| Writing | Richard Schweizer | Screenplay |
| Directing | Fred Zinnemann | Director |
| Production | Oscar Düby | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Robert Blum | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Robert Furrer | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Gamma | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adolf Meidert | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Míla Mellanová | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Emil Berna | Director of Photography |
| Production | Lazar Wechsler | Producer |
| Sound | Paul Wartmann | Sound |
| Editing | Hermann Haller | Editor |