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OSCAR WINNER:
Best Original Screenplay
In post-World War II Germany, a small boy who survived Auschwitz wanders alone -- feral, mute and terrified. He finds a makeshift home with a big-hearted GI, while the mother he does not remember searches desperately for him.
Starring a then-unknown Montgomery Clift in his movie debut, directed in a near-documentary style by Fred Zinnemann and filmed in the ragged, rubble-strewn skeleton of Nuremberg, "The Search" vividly captures the horrifying human cost of war.
This milestone of filmmaking won two 1948 Academy Awards, including a special award to Ivan Jandl for his haunting performance as the lost child.
Original Release
03/26/1948
US Release
03/26/1948
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Montgomery Clift | Ralph Stevenson |
Aline MacMahon | Mrs. Murray |
Wendell Corey | Jerry Fisher |
Jarmila Novotna | Mrs. Malik / Hannah Malik |
Mary Patton | Mrs. Fisher |
Ewart G. Morrison | Mr. Crookes |
William Rogers | Tom Fisher |
Ivan Jandl | Karel Malik / Karel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy' |
Leopold Borkowski | Joel Makowsky / Joel Markowsky |
Claude Gambier | Raoul Dubois |
Directors
Writers
Montgomery Clift, Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler, Paul Jarrico, Betty Smith, Peter Viertel
Cast
Name | Character |
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Montgomery Clift | Ralph Stevenson |
Aline MacMahon | Mrs. Murray |
Wendell Corey | Jerry Fisher |
Jarmila Novotna | Mrs. Malik / Hannah Malik |
Mary Patton | Mrs. Fisher |
Ewart G. Morrison | Mr. Crookes |
William Rogers | Tom Fisher |
Ivan Jandl | Karel Malik / Karel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy' |
Leopold Borkowski | Joel Makowsky / Joel Markowsky |
Claude Gambier | Raoul Dubois |
Fred Zinnemann | Interpreter |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Oscar Düby | Producer |
Lazar Wechsler | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1949 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1949 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
1949 | Oscar | Best Writing, Motion Picture Story | Won |
1949 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay | Nominated |
1949 | Oscar | Won | |
1949 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay | Won |
1949 | Golden Globe | Best Film Promoting International Understanding | Won |
1949 | Golden Globe | Won |