In the Name of Life

In the Name of Life () is a 1947 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits and Aleksandr Zarkhi and starring Viktor Khokhryakov, Mikhail Kuznetsov and Oleg Zhakov.

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 Pogodina, 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

Bibliography

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

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