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✎ Suggest a correctionWith semi-documentary technique, the film depicts the tragic plight of the displaced children of Europe and tells how a Czech boy, aided by UNNRA, is united with his mother.
During the Allied occupation of Germany, efforts are underway to reunite divided families. A young boy named Karel (Ivan Jandl) grew up in a well-to-do Czech family. The Nazis deported his sister and doctor father, while the boy and mother were sent to a concentration camp. After the war, Karel survived by scavenging for food with other homeless children. Karel encounters an American army engineer, Steve, who cares for him. Steve eventually finds Jim and tells him that his mother is dead.
During the Allied occupation of Germany, efforts are underway to reunite divided families. A young boy named Karel (Ivan Jandl) grew up in a well-to-do Czech family. The Nazis deported his sister and doctor father, while the boy and mother were sent to a concentration camp. After the war, Karel survived by scavenging for food with other homeless children. Karel encounters an American army engineer, Steve, who cares for him. Steve eventually finds Jim and tells him that his mother is dead.
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31Mar48 L1571, renewed 7Apr75 R602593 Renewal claimant: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc Original author: Loew’s, Inc © Loew's International Corp.; 31Mar48; LP1571.
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THE SEARCH. Praesens-Film, Zurich for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, c1948. 105 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Portions of the film were produced in the U. S. Occupied Zone of Germany through the permission of the U. S. Army and the cooperation of I. R. O. Summary: With semi-documentary technique, the film depicts the tragic plight of the displaced children of Europe and tells how a Czech boy, aided by UNNRA, is united with his mother. Credits: Producer, Lazar Wechsler; director, Fred Zinnemann; original screenplay, Richard Schweizer; collaborator on screenplay, David Wechsler; music score, Robert Blum; film editor, Hermann Haller. Cast: Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon, Jarmila Novotna, Wendell Corey, Ivan Jandl. Appl. author: Loew's, Inc. © Loew's International Corp.; 31Mar48; LP1571.
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