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That Mothers Might Live
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).
- Original title
- That Mothers Might Live
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
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John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
Shepperd Strudwick
Dr. Semmelweis
Rudolph Anders
Doctor (uncredited)
King Baggot
Passerby (uncredited)
William Bailey
Passerby (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford
Nun Reading Book (uncredited)
Mary Howard
Young Stricken Mother (uncredited)
Leonard Penn
Semmelweis' Assistant (uncredited)
Beatrice Roberts
Passerby (uncredited)
Edward Van Sloan
Hospital Chief of Staff (uncredited)
E. Alyn Warren
Professor (uncredited)
Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
Fred Zinnemann
Director
John Nesbitt
Producer
David Snell
Music
Yesterday
Ryuukou Kanbou
Miss Oyu
I Am Legend
The Bad Mother's Handbook
Contagion
Nang Nak
Pandemic
Infection
The Rye Horn
The Swimmers
Monsters
The Midwife
Carriers
The Happy Housewife
The Rage
Breakdown
Dead Within
Rot
Tu leurs diras toi, comment meurent les fantômes
Snow Steam Iron
Men of Honor
Erin Brockovich
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Pieces of a Woman
Beneath Hill 60
Radium Girls
Trafficked
Flash of Genius
The Safety of Objects
Hungry Hearts
The River
Amateur
Beast
The Most Hated Woman in America
Jawbone
Roxanne Roxanne
A Second Chance
O.G.
Warning Sign
Apr 30, 1938
