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.
Acting
Ivan Jandl, an actual Czech orphan, won a Juvenile Oscar.
Direction
Zinnemann shot in actual rubble — no Hollywood sets here.
Cinematography
Bombed-out Munich looks like another planet.
Director
Fred Zinnemann
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