Representing and Reconstructing Identities in the Postwar World: Refugees, UNRRA, and Fred Zinnemann's Film, 'The Search' (1948)

Sharif Gemie; Louise Ingram

doi:10.1017/S0020859011000198

Representing and Reconstructing Identities in the Postwar World: Refugees, UNRRA, and Fred Zinnemann's Film, 'The Search' (1948)

Sharif Gemie, Louise Ingram

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Abstract

This article analyses Fred Zinnemann's 1948 film, The Search, setting in the context of displaced persons in post-1945 Europe. We concentrate on Zinnemann's treatment of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), arguing that this is central to the film. We also consider the film's references to Americanism, Zionism, gender equality, and children's wartime experiences.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	441 - 473
Number of pages	32
Journal	International Review of Social History
Volume	56
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020859011000198
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2011

Keywords

refugees/displaced people
War
UNRRA
Displaced persons
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
post-1945 Europe
Wartime experiences
Fred Zinnemann
The Search

UN SDGs

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Representing and Reconstructing Identities in the Postwar World: Refugees, UNRRA, and Fred Zinnemann's Film, 'The Search' (1948)

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