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The Search - 1948
The Search (1948) is tenderly filmed. The plot of the story carries the weight of the world and the eternal suffering of children during war, but lifts our hearts, though they may be breaking, as if on wings of angels. Those angels are UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation) workers, and a young GI, and even us, if we have taken this movie to heart and take something away from it. This is the fourth post in our series on how Hollywood depicted children during World War II. This time, we leave the well-fed American kids behind, and step back to Europe in the aftermath of war. It is said that the first casualty of war is truth. The final byproduct is refugees. We encounter a small boy, one of the millions of refugees after World War II who have been released from concentration camps. He is brought with nameless others to an UNRRA central tracing bureau to be processed and, if possible, reunited with relatives searching for them. ...
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