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Director
  
Fred Zinnemann

Music director
  
David Snell

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Short, Biography, Drama

Language
  
English

Cast
  
Shepperd Strudwick
(Dr. Semmelweis),
John Nesbitt
(Himself - Narrator (voice)),
Rudolph Anders
(Doctor),
King Baggot
(Passerby),
William Bailey
(Passerby),
Barbara Bedford
(Nun Reading Book)

Writer
  
Herman Boxer (screenplay)

Release date
  
April 30, 1938 (1938-04-30)

Awards
  
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel

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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.

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Cast

  • Shepperd Strudwick as Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis (as Sheppard Strudwick)
  • John Nesbitt as Narrator (voice)
  • References

    That Mothers Might Live Wikipedia
    That Mothers Might Live IMDb That Mothers Might Live themoviedb.org