In the Name of Life
1946, Russian. Directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi & Iosif Kheifits.
Three friends, three young surgeons, returning from war, begin working on a complex medical problem. Their hard work does not yield the desired results, and two of them lose faith in success...
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Aleksandr ZarkhiDirector
- Iosif KheifitsDirector
- Oleg ZhakovDr. Aleksei Rozhdestvensky
- Mikhail KuznetsovDr. Aleksandr Kolesov
- Nikolai CherkasovLukich
- Viktor KhokhryakovDr. Vladimir Petrov
- Lyudmila ShabalinaVera
- Klavdiya LepanovaLena
- Boris KudryavtsevCast
- Vladimir DorofeyevCast
- Mikhail RostovtsevScientist at the banquet
- Aleksandr Ardi"Arbenin"
- Vladimir TaskinJournalist
- Lev KrovitskiyScientist
Details
- Released
- 6 June 1946
- Original title
- Во имя жизни
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Iosif Kheifits, Sergey Yermolinsky, Yevgeni Gabrilovich
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How long is In the Name of Life?
In the Name of Life runs 101 minutes (1h 41m).
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Which OTT platform is In the Name of Life on?
In the Name of Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 June 1946. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like In the Name of Life?
If you liked In the Name of Life, try Adopt a Highway, True Colors, Adam.
Who directed In the Name of Life?
In the Name of Life (1946) was directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi and Iosif Kheifits and stars Oleg Zhakov, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Nikolai Cherkasov.