A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
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?
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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