From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ivan Jandl (24 January 1937 – 21 November 1987) was a Czech child actor. He appeared in the 1948 film The Search as a nine-year-old Czech boy who had survived Auschwitz and was searching for his mother in postwar Germany. The movie was filmed on location. The boy spoke no English and had to learn his lines phonetically. He was awarded an Academy Juvenile Award for his work, but was not permitted to travel to the USA to accept it. He appeared in some Czech f...
Place of Birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Date of Birth: Jan 24, 1937
Date of Death: Nov 21, 1987