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]
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| Cinematography | Vyacheslav Gordanov |
| Music by | Venedikt Pushkov |
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| Distributed by | Sovexport |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
- ^ Liehm / Liehm p.53
Bibliography edit
- Liehm, Mira / Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1977.
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