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That Mothers Might Live is a american film of genre Drama directed by Fred Zinnemann released in USA on 30 april 1938 with Shepperd Strudwick

That Mothers Might Live (1938)

That Mothers Might Live
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Released in USA 30 april 1938
Length 10minutes
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating62% 3.1405353.1405353.1405353.1405353.140535

That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. It won an Academy Award in 1939 for Best Short Subject (One-Reel). 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.

Actors

Shepperd Strudwick

(Dr. Semmelweis)
John Nesbitt

(Narrator (voice))
King Baggot

(Passerby (uncredited))
William Bailey

(Passerby (uncredited))
Mary Howard

(Young Stricken Mother (uncredited))
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