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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.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 1948-03-26

Runtime: 104 mins

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Writer: Montgomery Clift, Betty Smith, Peter Viertel, David Wechsler, Paul Jarrico

Spoken language: English, Français, עִבְרִית, Polski, Český, Deutsch, Magyar

Genres: Drama, War

Original title: The Search

Production Companies: Praesens-Film, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries: Switzerland, United States of America

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