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The Search is a 1948 Swiss-American film directed by Fred Zinnemann which tells the story of a young Auschwitz survivor and his mother who search for each other across post-World War II Europe. It stars Montgomery Clift, Ivan Jandl, Jarmila Novotná and Aline MacMahon.
One oft cited feature of this film is that many of the scenes were shot amidst the actual ruins of post-war German cities, namely Ingolstadt, Nuremberg, and Würzburg.
Trains bring homeless children (Displaced Persons or DPs), who are taken by Mrs. Murray (Aline MacMahon) and other United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) workers to a nearby transit camp, where they are fed and cared for. The next morning, the children are interviewed by UNRRA officials to try to identify them and reunite them if possible with their families.
A young boy named Karel (Ivan Jandl) responds "Ich weiß nicht" ("I don't know") to all questions. He grew up in a well-to-do Czech family. The Nazis had deported his sister and doctor father, while the boy and mother were sent to a concentration camp. They eventually became separated. After the war, Karel survived by scavenging for food with other homeless children.
My face is buried in your hands
And I'm falling to my knees tonight
Wishing to be more than what I am
Just trying to find my place in life
Am I stuck here waiting on you?
I'm wasting away here and it's true
That what I said is something I cannot do
[Chorus]
You've already said I'm not that strong
With everything I've done so wrong
I've already ran so far from home
Will you be the one that finds me?
It's everything you and me, it's all I can breathe in
And I'm desperate for you here tonight
You're all I am all of me everything I need in life
Can I finally find my way around the time
That I've spent here waiting on me
Cause I'm wasting away here
[Chorus]
You've already said I'm not that strong
With everything I've done so wrong
I've already ran so far from home
Will you be the one that finds me?
I've been lost for so long and over
The distance between me and you
You know me like I could know no other
And I'm ready to see
And I've already ran so far from home
Will You be the one that finds me?
[Chorus]
You've already said I'm not that strong
With everything I've done so wrong
I've already ran so far from home
Will you be the one that finds me?
I've already ran so far from home