Breaking the Mould

Year: 2009

Runtime: 80 mins

Language: English

Director: Peter Hoar

DramaHistory

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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