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That Mothers Might Live (1938)
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30 April 1938 (USA) morePlot:
This short tells the story of Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818-1865), a Hungarian physician. He was the... more | add synopsisAwards:
Won Oscar. moreUser Comments:
Brilliant short moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Shepperd Strudwick | ... | Dr. Semmelweis (as Sheppard Strudwick) |
| John Nesbitt | ... | Narrator (voice) |
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10 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Fun Stuff
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Version of "You Are There: The Tragic Hour of Dr. Semmelweis (1852) (#3.25)" (1955) moreSoundtrack:
Waltz #15 in A flat major ('Lullaby'), Op.39 moreFAQ
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That Mothers Might Live (1938)
**** (out of 4)
Oscar winning short from director Fred Zinnemann (High Noon) tells the rather amazing story of Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis, a physician who came up with a cure for Childbed Fever, which was a disease that would kill mothers soon after they gave birth. What was his amazing cure? To make doctors wash their hands before treating a patient. Semmelweis drove himself to an asylum trying to get his message of clean hands across but he wouldn't be held high until years after his death. Even though Zinnemann was young into his career here he shows signs that would turn up in later films like From Here to Eternity.