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The Search

7.119481h 44mNRMovieDrama

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.

DirectorFred Zinnemann
WriterRichard Schweizer
ProducerLazar Wechsler

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Cast · Directed by Fred Zinnemann

MCMontgomery Clift
Montgomery Clift
Ralph Stevenson
IJIvan Jandl
Ivan Jandl
Karel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy'
AMAline MacMahon
Aline MacMahon
Mrs. Murray
WCWendell Corey
Wendell Corey
Jerry Fisher
JNJarmila Novotná
Jarmila Novotná
Hannah Malik
MPMary Patton
Mary Patton
Mrs. Fisher
EM
Ewart G. Morrison
Mr. Crookes
LBLeopold Borkowski
Leopold Borkowski
Joel Markowsky
CG
Claude Gambier
Raoul Dubois
WR
William Rogers
Tom Fisher
FZFred Zinnemann
Fred Zinnemann
Interpreter (uncredited)

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