Ivan Jandl

Ivan Jandl

Born: January 24, 1937
Died: November 21, 1987
in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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 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 films in 1949 and 1950, then left acting to continue his studies. He tried unsuccessfully to continue his acting career in his late teens, and eventually found work in radio.

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Movies for Ivan Jandl...

Victorious Wings
Title: Victorious Wings
Character: Modeler
Released: February 9, 1951
Type: Movie
Workers from the aviation factory near Prague set up a racing club for young people that will take part in the international sailing competition for Czechoslovakia.
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Conscience
Title: Conscience
Character: Lojzek
Released: March 25, 1949
Type: Movie
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The Green Notebook
Title: The Green Notebook
Character: Jarka Kolísko
Released: January 7, 1949
Type: Movie
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The Search
Title: The Search
Character: Karel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy'
Released: March 26, 1948
Type: Movie
In postwar Germany, a displaced Czech boy, separated from his family during wartime, is befriended by an American GI while the boy's mother desperately searches for him.
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Beware!
Title: Beware!
Released: April 24, 1947
Type: Movie
A drama about Slovaks who emigrated before WW I. It is focused on the life of Ondrej Muranica. He emigrates to America because of the hard life that is partly caused by Hungarian landowners. His dreams and hopes for a happier life are destroyed by a disaster in the mines where he works. Ondrej is declared missing.Years later he returns to his home country and finds out his wife married his best friend.