In the Name of Life | |
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Directed by |
Iosif Kheifits Aleksandr Zarkhi |
Written by |
Yevgeni Gabrilovich Sergei Yermolinsky Iosif Kheifits Aleksandr Zarkhi |
Starring |
Viktor Khokhryakov Mikhail Kuznetsov Oleg Zhakov Klavdiya Lepanova |
Music by | Venedikt Pushkov |
Cinematography | Vyacheslav Gordanov |
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Distributed by | Sovexport |
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Running time
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101 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
In the Name of Life (Russian: Во имя жизни, translit. 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.
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.