That Mothers Might Live Poster

Movie Details

Original Title That Mothers Might Live
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.6

Cast

John Nesbitt
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
Popularity: 6.5
Shepperd Strudwick
Shepperd Strudwick
Dr. Semmelweis
Popularity: 1.2
Rudolph Anders
Rudolph Anders
Doctor (uncredited)
Popularity: 9.7
King Baggot
King Baggot
Passerby (uncredited)
Popularity: 1.6
William Bailey
William Bailey
Passerby (uncredited)
Popularity: 3.8
Barbara Bedford
Barbara Bedford
Nun Reading Book (uncredited)
Popularity: 3.1
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Ralph Brooks
Medical Student at Lecture (uncredited)
Popularity: 5.0
Mary Howard
Mary Howard
Young Stricken Mother (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.9
Leonard Penn
Leonard Penn
Semmelweis' Assistant (uncredited)
Popularity: 4.2
Beatrice Roberts
Beatrice Roberts
Passerby (uncredited)
Popularity: 3.0
Edward Van Sloan
Edward Van Sloan
Hospital Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Popularity: 1.2
E. Alyn Warren
E. Alyn Warren
Professor (uncredited)
Popularity: 3.5

Key Crew

Director Fred Zinnemann
Music David Snell
Screenplay Herman Boxer
Producer John Nesbitt

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
US

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Keywords

infection death in childbirth washing hands germs maternity child birth sanitation

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 6/10
Jun 28, 2025

There isn’t any dialogue in this short feature, just an increasingly frenzied narration as Sheppherd Strudwick portrays the visionary Austrian physician Ignaz Semmelweis. He was a man determined to establish just why so many perfectly healthy women died so swiftly after childbirth - but with no ob ... Read more

Rating
6.1
/10

Based on 9 votes

Details
Release Date April 30, 1938
Runtime 0h 10m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.6

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