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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Runtime

104 min

Released Mar 1948

The Ensemble 16

Directed by

Fred Zinnemann

Written byRichard Schweizer

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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

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Roll Call.

Montgomery Clift

Ivan Jandl

Aline MacMahon

Wendell Corey

Jarmila Novotná

Mary Patton

Ewart G. Morrison

Leopold Borkowski

Claude Gambier

William Rogers

Fred Zinnemann

Richard Schweizer

Fred Zinnemann

Robert Blum

Emil Berna

Lazar Wechsler

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