The Search
Everybody agrees MGM's The Search is a wonderful motion picture!
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A tender postwar drama about an orphaned boy and the American soldier who befriends him, anchored by the ache of separation and the search for lost family.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Montgomery Clift
Ralph Stevenson
Ivan Jandl
Karel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy'
Aline MacMahon
Mrs. Murray
Wendell Corey
Jerry Fisher
Jarmila Novotná
Hannah Malik
Mary Patton
Mrs. Fisher
Ewart G. Morrison
Mr. Crookes
Leopold Borkowski
Joel Markowsky
Claude Gambier
Raoul Dubois
William Rogers
Tom Fisher
Fred Zinnemann
Interpreter (uncredited)
Closest match
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same mood
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Go darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Something gentler
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Hidden gem
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
