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Director:
Fred Zinnemann
Writers:
Richard Schweizer (screenplay)
David Wechsler (collaborator on screenplay)
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Release Date:
26 March 1948 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
Plot:
In the Post-War Berlin, an American private helps a lost Czech boy to find his mother. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 5 wins & 5 nominations more
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Cast

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Montgomery Clift ... Ralph 'Steve' Stevenson
Aline MacMahon ... Mrs. Murray
Jarmila Novotna ... Mrs. Hannah Malik
Wendell Corey ... Jerry Fisher
Ivan Jandl ... Karel 'Jimmy' Malik
Mary Patton ... Mrs. Fisher
Ewart G. Morrison ... Mr. Crookes
William Rogers ... Tom Fisher
Leopold Borkowski ... Joel Markowsky
Claude Gambier ... Raoul Dubois
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Runtime:
Germany:105 min
Country:
Switzerland | USA
Language:
English | German | French | Polish | Hungarian | Czech
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:S | USA:Passed | Sweden:Btl
Filming Locations:
Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany more
Company:
Praesens-Film more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[Steve is teaching a young boy, whose name he does not know but has coined Jim, to speak English]
Ralph 'Steve' Stevenson: [to Jim] You have no idea how useful it's going to be for you to know English. You can go where ever you like. Everybody knows what 'OK' means. You can use English all over the world. Not, not just America: Canada, Africa, Australia, India. Even in England, they understand English... well, sort of.
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Movie Connections:
References Bambi (1942) more
Soundtrack:
'S Wonderful more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Haunting window, 17 October 2005
10/10
Author: nw567359 from United States

I saw this movie when it came out and several scenes remained embedded in my memory: the family gathered together when the Nazi knock came at the door; the children being innocently transported by the US army but thinking they were in a "gas truck"; and others. The cameo that has always haunted my memory was when Karlin, picking his way through the rubble of the shattered city, happened to glance into a basement window where a family apparently lived. An older man, probably the father, was trying to get some sleep on a makeshift bed.

This truly is a classic WWII movie and should be more readily available. It just played today on Turner Classic Movies and now I have a good DVD copy to accompany my dinosaur VHS copy. "Momika!"

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