That Mothers Might Live (1938)

Directed by

Fred Zinnemann

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

10 min

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short film dramatizes the life of a Hungarian doctor who pioneered a method to prevent a deadly fever in new mothers. It shows his struggle to prove his discovery against opposition from the medical establishment.

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What happens

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). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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