Ivan Jandl (24 January 1937 – 21 November 1987) was a Czechoslovakian child actor.

The movie was filmed on location in Germany and at a studio in Zurich, Switzerland, from June to November, 1947.

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 tried unsuccessfully to continue his acting career in his late teens, and eventually found work in radio.

Thirty years after his death, on 9 January 2017, the ashes of Jandl were transferred to the Vyšehrad cemetery, the final resting place of many Czechoslovak personalities, thanks to the efforts of the Actors' Life Foundation (Život umělce) with the support of the Czech Actors' Association (Herecká asociace).