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Penicillin: A Medical Revolution (2018)

Genre : Documentary, History, TV Movie

Runtime : 53M

Director : Wilfried Hauke

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Stephan Schad
Stephan Schad
Self - Narrator (voice)
Imanuel Humm
Imanuel Humm
Alexander Flemming

Crews

Wilfried Hauke
Wilfried Hauke
Writer
Wilfried Hauke
Wilfried Hauke
Director
Stephan Haase
Stephan Haase
Editor
Moritz Pappert
Moritz Pappert
Sound
Hinnerk Jensen
Hinnerk Jensen
Production Manager
Katharina Krohmann
Katharina Krohmann
Production Director
Niko Günther
Niko Günther
Production Director
Christian Berg
Christian Berg
Producer
George Kochbeck
George Kochbeck
Original Music Composer
Kati Ostermann
Kati Ostermann
Costume Designer
Katrin Timpner
Katrin Timpner
Makeup Artist
Katrin Timpner
Katrin Timpner
Hairstylist
Jan Gebhardt
Jan Gebhardt
Production Design
Ralf Gemmecke
Ralf Gemmecke
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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