In search of Germans: contested Germany in the production of The Search.(Critical essay)

From: Journal of Popular Film & Television | Date: March 22, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Abstract: The author examines the history of Fred Zinnemann's The Search, illustrating some of the profitable contributions that production histories can offer to notions of authorship, industry, and meaning-making practices. Specifically, by rediscovering Peter Viertel's role in the production of The Search, the author recovers an important part of The Search's past and, in the process, demonstrates that the film served as a site of ideological contestation on the nature of postwar Germany.

Key words: Clift, Montgomery; displaced persons; Germany; The Search; Viertel, Peter; ...

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