Movie Description

Die Penizillin-Story

(2018)

Overview

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

Facts

Original TitleDie Penizillin-Story

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2018-06-26

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 00h 53m

Production Companiesdmfilm und tv produktion,ZDF,ARTE

Genres

  • Documentary
  • History
  • TV Movie