In the Name of Life

In the Name of Life (Russian: Во имя жизни, romanized: Vo imya zhizni) is a 1947 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits and Aleksandr Zarkhi and starring Viktor Khokhryakov, Mikhail Kuznetsov and Oleg Zhakov.[1]

In the Name of Life
Directed byIosif Kheifits
Aleksandr Zarkhi
Written byYevgeni Gabrilovich
Sergei Yermolinsky
Iosif Kheifits
Aleksandr Zarkhi
StarringViktor Khokhryakov
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Oleg Zhakov
Klavdiya Lepanova
Music byVenedikt Pushkov
CinematographyVyacheslav Gordanov
Production
company
Lenfilm Studio
Distributed bySovexport
Release date
  • 1947 (1947)
Running time
101 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot

Three young surgeons are working on the problem of cell recovery – two of them give up but Dr Petrov continues his research. In difficult times, he supports the budding actress Lena Pogodin, with whom he is in love.

Cast

  • Viktor Khokhryakov as Doctor Vladimir Petrov
  • Mikhail Kuznetsov as Doctor Aleksandr Kolesov
  • Oleg Zhakov as Doctor Aleksei Rozhdestvensky
  • Klavdiya Lepanova as Lena
  • Lyudmila Shabalina as Vera
  • Mikhail Rostovtsev as Uchenyi
  • Nikolai Cherkasov as Lukich, the attendant
  • Margarita Gromyko as Anushka
  • Aleksandr Zrazhevsky
  • Boris Kudryavtsev
  • Vladimir Dorofeyev

References

  1. Liehm / Liehm p.53

Bibliography

  • Liehm, Mira / Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1977.


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