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That Mothers Might Live

30 Apr 1938
  • United States of America
10 mins
6.111
9 votes
  • Drama
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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).
  • John Nesbitt

    as Narrator (voice)
  • Shepperd Strudwick

    as Dr. Semmelweis
  • Rudolph Anders

    as Doctor (uncredited)
  • King Baggot

    as Passerby (uncredited)
  • William Bailey

    as Passerby (uncredited)
  • Barbara Bedford

    as Nun Reading Book (uncredited)
  • Ralph Brooks

    as Medical Student at Lecture (uncredited)
  • Mary Howard

    as Young Stricken Mother (uncredited)
  • Leonard Penn

    as Semmelweis' Assistant (uncredited)
  • Beatrice Roberts

    as Passerby (uncredited)
  • Edward Van Sloan

    as Hospital Chief of Staff (uncredited)
  • E. Alyn Warren

    as Professor (uncredited)

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