Bacteria Killers (2019) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 26, 2019

Original Title:
L'Incroyable Histoire des tueurs de bactéries

Alternate Titles:
Mysteriöse Bakterienkiller: Mit Viren aus der Antibiotika-Krise

Genres:
Documentary | TV Movie

Production Companies:
ARTE
Ladybirds Films

Production Countries:
France

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 53

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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Administration:
Nicolas Portes

Assistant Editor:
Edouard Lenormand
Pierre Crépu

Color Grading:
Stéphanie Bisutti

Delegated Producer:
Hélène Badinter

Director:
Jean Crépu

Director of Photography:
Peter Bolton
Thomas Ozoux

Documentation & Support:
Carole David

Editor:
Jeremy Luc

Graphic Designer:
Jean-Baptiste Delorme

Mixing Engineer:
Gildas Mercier

Original Music Composer:
Julien Langlet
Alexis Quinterne

Post-Production Manager:
Anne Guastavi
Erick Gatellier Guilloux

Production Assistant:
Eva Perrot

Production Secretary:
Martine Pilon-Renié

Production Trainee:
Marie Legras

Scientific Consultant:
Tristan Ferry

Sound Director:
Patrick Imbert
Arthur Moget
Mathias Scherrer

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