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.
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Fred Zinnemann Director
- Montgomery Clift as Ralph 'Steve' Stevenson
- Ivan Jandl as Karel 'Jimmy' Malik
- Jarmila Novotná as Mrs. Hannah Malik
- Ewart G. Morrison as Mr. Crookes
- William Rogers as Tom Fisher
- Leopold Borkowski as Joel Markowsky
- Claude Gambier as Raoul Dubois
- Aline MacMahon as Mrs. Murray
- Wendell Corey as Jerry Fisher
- Fred Zinnemann as Interpreter (uncredited)
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