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Jul 29, 2009 · Breaking the Mould: Directed by Peter Hoar. With Dominic West, Denis Lawson, Oliver Dimsdale, Joe Armstrong. A historical drama that tells the story of the development of penicillin in the 1930's/40's, by a group of scientists in Oxford at The Dunn School of Pathology.
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- Drama, History
- Peter Hoar
- 2009-07-29
Nov 3, 2009 · Breaking the Mould tells the story behind the discovery of penicillin and the forgotten people involved. A revealing, poignant and witty character driven account of a scientific miracle....
Excellent film telling the story about the struggle and heart-ache in developing penicillin and working in the toughest of conditions, with a superb cast.
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Apr 19, 2011 · Breaking the Mould: The Story of Penicillin. History books tell us that Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, but that's not the whole story. This drama uncovers the forgotten team...
RoleContributorProfessor Howard FloreyDominic WestProfessor Alexander FlemingDenis LawsonDr Ernst ChainOliver DimsdaleNorman HeatleyJoe ArmstrongAlexander's story was one chapter of Breaking the Mould, which charted the years from 1938 to 1942, when the Americans finally joined the war in Europe and began to mass produce penicillin...
Jul 29, 2009 · This film is a biopic of Howard Florey, who devised a method of producing penicillin in industrial quantities. It starts with scenes in a septic hospital ward with male patients with huge open wounds - sepsis was a life-threatening condition before the widespread use of anti-biotics.
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Jul 29, 2009 · Andrew Pettie reviews Breaking the Mould, the story of the forgotten father of penicillin, starring Dominic West. There can be few less promising subjects for a TV drama than the large-scale ...