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Breaking the Mould (2009) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2009 · 80 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Peter Hoar
- Starring
- Dominic West, Stephen Boxer, Kate Fleetwood, Denis Lawson, John Sessions, Sam Heughan
The film dramatizes the landmark discovery and development of penicillin during the 1930s and 1940s, following the Oxford team at the Dunn School of Pathology as they work to isolate, test and mass‑produce the antibiotic. It highlights the scientific challenges, wartime urgency and the profound impact the new drug would have on medicine.
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