That Mothers Might Live (1938)
10m
Running Time
April 30, 1938Release Date
That Mothers Might Live (1938)
10m
Running Time
April 30, 1938Release Date
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Plot.
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).
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Cast & Crew.

John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice) / Producer

Shepperd Strudwick
Dr. Semmelweis

Rudolph Anders
Doctor (uncredited)

King Baggot
Passerby (uncredited)

William Bailey
Passerby (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford
Nun Reading Book (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks
Medical Student at Lecture (uncredited)

Mary Howard
Young Stricken Mother (uncredited)
Details.
This Movie Is About.
infection
death in childbirth
washing hands
germs
maternity
child birth
sanitation
Wiki.
That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. In 1939, at the 11th Academy Awards, it won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).
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