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The Search (1948)

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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Nick Davis 17 Oct 2007

Both a well-modulated immersion in the experience of stunned and stranded children and a time-capsule of the scarred land and crumbled cityscapes of Germany after the war.

Dennis Schwartz 12 May 2008

A moving wartime drama about orphaned children that's directed in a simple semi-documentary style.

Carreh R 27 Jul 2012

The Search was a tear jerker though I didn't really cry but it was emotional. Montgomery Cliff was very cute in the movie and his acting was great. It must have been quite a shock for Americans to see this film in 1948 and see the devastation the war had wrought on Europe. The endless numbers of orphan children, separated families looking for each other and bombed out buildings everywhere. I can't say too much or I'll give too much away but it is worth watching.

Dave J 15 Apr 2013

Monday, April 8, 2013 (1948) The Search DRAMA Okay, anyone who has studied history would be aware about the devastation left by the Nazis right after WWII, here are one of those situations which focuses on the children who were orphaned as a result of that. And is a movie about part of that healing process which narrates from the first 15 to 20 minutes about how gov't military were to reunite and comfort children as they're almost left abandoned leading one of those stories to a very plausible case involving a child eventual "search" for his mother. the other thing that makes this film more authentic is the fact children were actually using their natural dialect which doesn't happened a lot in films during this time. Made three years after WWII had ended this is another powerful film from director Fred Zinnerman, known for directing "High Noon". 4 out of 4 stars

Trevor Johnston 09 Feb 2006

Although there's a slight suspicion that (as in Rossellini's work from this period) the plight of children is being used as a sort of emotional shorthand, the integrity and moving effect of this piece is never really in doubt.