Ivan Jandl - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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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 post-war Germany.
The movie was filmed on location in Germany and at a studio in Zurich, Switzerland, from June to November, 1947.
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 by the then communist government of Czechoslovakia to travel to the USA to accept it.
At the Academy Awards ceremony in 1949, his Oscar was accepted on stage on his behalf by the director of The Search, Fred Zinnemann.
He was also awarded a Golden Globe for his performance in the film and both statuettes are now preserved in the Czech National Film Archive.
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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