''In the Name of Life'' (russian: Во имя жизни, Vo imya zhizni) is a 1947 Soviet
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Iosif Kheifits
Iosif Yefimovich Kheifits ( be, Іосіф Яўхімавіч Хейфіц; – 24 April 1995) was a Soviet film director, winner of two Stalin Prizes (1941, 1946), People's Artist of USSR (1964), Hero of Socialist Labor (1975). Member of t ...
and
Aleksandr Zarkhi
Aleksandr Grigoryevich Zarkhi (russian: Александр Григорьевич Зархи; 18 February 1908 – 27 January 1997) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Hero of Socialist ...
and starring
Viktor Khokhryakov
Viktor Ivanovich Khokhryakov (russian: Виктор Иванович Хохряков; 1913–1986) was a Soviet Russian film actor, theater actor and director. He played the composer Alexander Glazunov in the 1954 film ''Rimsky-Korsakov''.Mitche ...
,
Mikhail Kuznetsov and
Oleg Zhakov
Oleg Petrovich Zhakov (russian: Олег Петрович Жаков; 1 April 1905 in Sarapul, Vyatka Governorate – 4 May 1988 in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He performed in more than sixty films between ...
.
[Liehm / Liehm p.53]
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
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Viktor Khokhryakov
Viktor Ivanovich Khokhryakov (russian: Виктор Иванович Хохряков; 1913–1986) was a Soviet Russian film actor, theater actor and director. He played the composer Alexander Glazunov in the 1954 film ''Rimsky-Korsakov''.Mitche ...
as Doctor Vladimir Petrov
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Mikhail Kuznetsov as Doctor Aleksandr Kolesov
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Oleg Zhakov
Oleg Petrovich Zhakov (russian: Олег Петрович Жаков; 1 April 1905 in Sarapul, Vyatka Governorate – 4 May 1988 in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He performed in more than sixty films between ...
as Doctor Aleksei Rozhdestvensky
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Klavdiya Lepanova as Lena
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Lyudmila Shabalina as Vera
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Mikhail Rostovtsev as Uchenyi
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Nikolai Cherkasov as Lukich, the attendant
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Margarita Gromyko as Anushka
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Aleksandr Zrazhevsky
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
*
Boris Kudryavtsev
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Vladimir Dorofeyev
Vladimir may refer to:
Names
* Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name
* Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
* Volodymyr for the Ukr ...
References
Bibliography
* Liehm, Mira / Liehm, Antonín J. ''The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945''. University of California Press, 1977.
External links
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Soviet drama films
1947 drama films
1947 films
1940s Russian-language films
Films directed by Iosif Kheifits
Films directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi
Soviet black-and-white films
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