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The Search (1948)
Director: Fred Zinnemann
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From Time Out Film Guide
As the first Hollywood movie to be shot in post-WWII Germany, the authenticity of Zinnemann's film cannot be faulted. Recounting the wartime experiences of a ten-year-old Czech boy (Jandl), separated from his mother and cared for by an American soldier (Clift), it seems snatched from the pages of a newspaper. Although there's a slight suspicion that (as in Rossellini's work from this period) the plight of children is being used as a sort of emotional shorthand, the integrity and moving effect of this piece is never really in doubt.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Producer: Lazar Wechsler
Cast: Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon, Wendell Corey, Ivan Jandl, Jarmila Novotna full cast
Genre(s): War
Duration: 105 mins
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