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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.…
Known for
- Victorious Wings — Aircraft Modeler1951
- The Green Notebook — Jarka Kolísko1949
- Conscience — Lojzek1949
- The Search — Karel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy'1948
- Beware!1947
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ivan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Czechoslovakia
- Place of birth
- Prague
- Place of death
- Prague
- Occupation
- film actor
- Image
- Ivan Jandl in The Search trailer.jpg
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- Ivan Jandl
- date of birth
- 1937-01-24
- date of death
- 1987-11-21
- cause of death
- diabetes
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Olšany Cemetery
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