That Mothers Might Live

Year: 1938

Runtime: 10 mins

Language: English

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Drama

Directed by Fred Zinnemann, this 1938 short drama recounts physician Ignaz Semmelweis’s finding that hand‑washing in 19th‑century maternity wards cut maternal deaths and his fight for acceptance. His ideas were endorsed by Louis Pasteur’s germ theory and Joseph Lister’s antiseptic surgery. The film won the 1939 Oscar for Best Short Subject (One‑Reel).

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