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The Fight for Life
The Fight for Life

THE FIGHT FOR LIFE

Directed by Pare Lorentz
United States, 1940
Drama, History

Synopsis

Detective-like doctors combat death during childbirth amongst the slum-living urban poor, in Lorentz’ film noir inflected fiction of fact. A symphonic piece of ciné-journalism, ‘as dramatic as life itself’, with obstetricians and sanitation its heroes.

Synopsis

Detective-like doctors combat death during childbirth amongst the slum-living urban poor, in Lorentz’ film noir inflected fiction of fact. A symphonic piece of ciné-journalism, ‘as dramatic as life itself’, with obstetricians and sanitation its heroes.