The Search (1948)

The last half is a heartwarming story about a Czech boy, separated from his mother during WWII, slowly being brought back to himself by a brash American soldier in Germany who takes the boy under his wing. Meanwhile, the mother is searching for him everywhere, but unable to find him as he neither seemed to recall his own name nor had even spoken when questioned by officials.

Unfortunately, the first portion of the movie (prior to Montgomery Clift’s appearance as the young soldier) has a kind of "film strip" narration by a woman whose voice is about as sincere as the lady who does the Desperate Housewives voice overs.

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