Breaking the Mould (2009)

5.5/10 80 min Drama History

Overview

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

Cast

Dominic West

Howard Florey

Denis Lawson

Alexander Fleming

Joe Armstrong

Norman Heatley

John Sessions

Edward Mellanby

Kate Fleetwood

Margaret Jennings

Stephen Boxer

Arthur Gardner

Amanda Douge

Ethel Florey

Sam Heughan

Charles Fletcher

Oliver Dimsdale

Ernst Chain

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