Feature2019·53m·8.5

Bacteria Killers

DocumentaryTV Movie

More and more bacteria are becoming insensitive to antibiotics, not least due to excessive drug consumption. According to the EU, this problem could soon become as explosive as the environmental issue - and antibiotic resistance threatens to become one of the main causes of death worldwide. Research must therefore find alternatives - not miracle cures, but permanently effective drugs. There has already been one in the past: One hundred years ago, the French biologist Félix d'Hérelle discovered mysterious "bacteria-eating" viruses, known as bacteriophages or phages for short. He used these to successfully treat bacterial infections before the development of antibiotics, but his method was forgotten again. Is bacteriophage therapy the miracle medicine of the future?

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Cast

Marc Prin

Narrator

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Status
Released
Original language
French
Languages
English, French
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Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Ladybirds FilmsARTE

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Director

Jean Crépu

Julien Langlet

Original Music Composer

Alexis Quinterne

Original Music Composer

Peter Bolton

Director of Photography

Thomas Ozoux

Director of Photography

Jeremy Luc

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