The Fight for Life (1940)

Directed by

Pare Lorentz

Genre

documentary film, drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 09m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a black-and-white documentary drama about a maternity clinic in a poor Chicago neighborhood. It follows the doctors and nurses as they struggle to save mothers and babies from death. The film argues for better public health care for impoverished women.

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What happens

The Fight for Life is a 1940 American medical drama film directed by Pare Lorentz. The film was nominated for the Best Original Score of a Picture composed by Louis Gruenberg and released by Columbia Pictures. An uncredited John Steinbeck wrote the narrative portions of the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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