In the summer of 1928, the Scottish physician Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by accident, but it would take two more decades and a world war before he and others succeeded in producing the antibiotic in such large quantities as to eradicate the epidemics of the time: typhus, syphilis, gangrene and tuberculosis.
Cast: Stephan Schad, Imanuel Humm
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In the summer of 1928, the Scottish physician Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by accident, but it would take two more decades and a world war before he and others succeeded in producing the antibiotic in such large quantities as to eradicate the epidemics of the time: typhus, syphilis, gangrene and tuberculosis.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Wilfried Hauke
- Producers
- Christian Berg
- Studio
- dmfilm und tv produktion, ZDF, ARTE
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Audio languages
English, German
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