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TMDB Rating 5.5

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Status: Released

Average Rating: 6

Release Date: Apr 30, 1938

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Run Time: 12h 10m

Original Language: English

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Production Countries: United States of America

Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


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Synopsis

That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The short is a brief account of Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis and his discovery of the need for cleanliness in 19th-century maternity wards, thereby significantly decreasing maternal mortality, and of his struggle to gain acceptance of his idea. Although Semmelweis ultimately failed in his lifetime, later scientific luminaries advanced his work in spirit like microbiologist Louis Pasteur, who provided a scientific theoretical explanation of Semmelweis' observations by helping develop the germ theory of disease and the British surgeon, Dr. Joseph Lister who revolutionized medicine putting Pasteur's research to practical use. In 1939, at the 11th Academy Awards, the film won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).


Main Cast

John Nesbitt

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Age : 49 | Popularity : 3%

Shepperd Strudwick

Shepperd Strudwick

Dr. Semmelweis

Age : 75 | Popularity : 8%

Rudolph Anders

Rudolph Anders

Doctor (uncredited)

Age : 91 | Popularity : 7%

King Baggot

King Baggot

Passerby (uncredited)

Age : 68 | Popularity : 4%

William Bailey

William Bailey

Passerby (uncredited)

Age : 76 | Popularity : 3%

Barbara Bedford

Barbara Bedford

Nun Reading Book (uncredited)

Age : 78 | Popularity : 6%

Ralph Brooks

Ralph Brooks

Medical Student at Lecture (uncredited)

Age : 86 | Popularity : 3%

Mary Howard

Mary Howard

Young Stricken Mother (uncredited)

Age : 94 | Popularity : 5%


Crew

Department Role Name
Directing Director
Fred Zinnemann
Fred Zinnemann
Camera Director of Photography
Harold Rosson
Harold Rosson
Sound Orchestrator
Leonid Raab
Leonid Raab
George Bassman
George Bassman
Music
David Snell
David Snell
Production Producer
John Nesbitt
John Nesbitt
Writing Screenplay
Herman Boxer
Herman Boxer
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