In the Name of Life

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]

In the Name of Life
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
Cinematography	Vyacheslav Gordanov
Music by	Venedikt Pushkov
Production company	Lenfilm Studio
Distributed by	Sovexport
Release date	1947 (1947)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

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