The Search (1948)

105 min · Anti-War Film, Family Drama, Holocaust film, drama film, war film

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Directors

Fred Zinnemann

Cast

Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon, Jarmila Novotna, Wendell Corey, Ivan Jandl

The story

thumb|Montgomery Clift in The Search trailer In Allied-occupied Germany after World War II, trains transport homeless children (Displaced Persons), under the care of Mrs. Murray and other United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) workers, to a transit camp where they are fed and protected. The next morning UNRRA officials begin the challenging process of identifying the children and reuniting them with their surviving families, if any.

Catalogue themes and tags

Berlin, Czech, Menschen verschwinden, Mother Son Relationship, Postwar Period, Refugee Camp, Ruin, Soldatin, Verlust des Sohnes, War Victim, Drama, Black-and-white, War film

Genres

Anti-War Film, Family Drama, Holocaust film, drama film, war film

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