The Search
1948 · 1h 44m · Drama · Switzerland, United States of America · Rated G (JP)
Everybody agrees MGM's The Search is a wonderful motion picture!
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.
Directed by
Fred ZinnemannWritten by
Richard Schweizer6.6Smart score
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adoptionamerican g.i.auschwitz-birkenau concentration campcase workerconcentration camp survivordevotiondisplacement campdrowned childenglish lessonlearning englishlittle boyloveorphanpost war germanypost world war iipresumed deadrunaway childsearch for childtrust
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