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The Search is a 1948 black-and-white drama and war film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The screenplay was written by Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler, with music composed by Robert Blum and cinematography by Emil Berna. The cast includes Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon, Jarmila Novotná, and Wendell Corey. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Praesens-Film, the movie was filmed in Germany, specifically in Nuremberg.
The narrative is set in post-war Germany and explores themes of adoption and love. The film has a runtime of 104 minutes and was released in various formats, including video on demand. It received an Academy Award for Best Story and a Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding. It was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay.
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7.0In 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.
Cast
- Montgomery Clift as Ralph Stevenson
- Ivan Jandl as Karel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy'
- Aline MacMahon as Mrs. Murray
- Wendell Corey as Jerry Fisher
- Jarmila Novotná as Hannah Malik
- Mary Patton as Mrs. Fisher
Themes
- adoption
- auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
- post war germany
- love
- little boy
- orphan
- devotion
- trust
- displacement camp
- presumed dead
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Switzerland
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Fred Zinnemann
- Screenwriter
- Richard Schweizer
- Cast member
- Ivan Jandl
- Composer
- Robert Blum
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Emil Berna
- Narrative location
- Germany
- Filming location
- Nuremberg
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 457800
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Montgomery Clift in The Search trailer.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Search (film)
- publication date
- 1961-06-02
- film editor
- Hermann Haller
- title
- The Search
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- review score
- 100%
- capital cost
- 250000
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