Aline MacMahon, Ivan Jandl, Jarmila Novotna, Lumo Tso, Manla Kyab ...( see more  see more... ) , Montgomery Clift , Tsondrey , Wendell Corey

A silent nine-year-old Czech boy, a survivor of Auschwitz, flees a refugee center in postwar Germany and is found by an American G.I. At the same time, the boy's mother, the sole surviving member of h...( read more  read more... )is family, searches refugee centers for her son. Time, distance, and the massive numbers of refugee children are factors hampering the reunion of mother and son. Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler won an Oscar for writing the story.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Fred Zinnemann, Pema Tseden

Release Date: March 26, 1948

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  • May 16, 2007
    A great film about World War II.
  • May 8, 2008
    Great looking film in war torn Germany. It's about a holocaust surviving kid who's wondering around Berlin alone and befriends a G.I.(Monty). Monty takes him in teaches him English,how to drive,etc... It's Keith's wet dream.
  • August 10, 2009
    "What'd Steve tell ya that was?"
    -"The tomato."
  • April 7, 2008
    great show; made me cry
  • July 24, 2007
    This is an excellent movie with Montgomery Clift. Great actor and great story. Good luck finding it though.
  • March 20, 2007
    A FANTASTIC MOVIE....i loved the story!

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  • asidm
    June 26, 2007
    This movie looks like someone found all the copies and blew them up! There isn't even a summary!!
    *shakes head in disagreement*

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