Dir. Fred Zinnemann · Starring Montgomery Clift, Ivan Jandl, Aline MacMahon, Wendell Corey, Jarmila Novotná, Mary Patton · Music Robert Blum
“A wonderful motion picture!”
DramaWar
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.
VIBE
A profoundly moving, yet understated, exploration of a child's resilience amidst the ruins of war. It's a quiet, devastating film about the enduring power of hope and the desperate search for connection in a fractured world.
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