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Microbes and Men

on BBC Two England

A six-part series on the men who conquered disease.
6: The Search for the Magic Bullet by MARTIN WORTH
At the turn of the century two men, one in London, the other in Frankfurt, were embarking on research which each hoped would provide the cures so sorely needed.
Music composed by DUDLEY SIMPSON Producer PETER GOODCHILD
Director DENIS POSTLE

Contributors

Composed By:
Dudley Simpson
Producer:
Peter Goodchild
Director:
Denis Postle
Paul Ehrlich:
Milo O'Shea
Sir Almreth Wright:
Michael Gough
Hedwig Ehrlich:
Stephanie Bidmead
Herxheimer:
Clifford Rose
Bertheim:
Vernon Dobtcheff
Wasserman:
Jack Woolgar
Judge:
Roger Hume
Counsel:
Julian Fox
Douglas:
Benjamin Whitrow
Kadereit:
Stanley Lebor
Hata:
Kristopher Kum
Braun:
Robert Arnold
Martha Marquardt:
Margaret Ashcroft
Freeman:
Robert Mill
Colonel:
Tom MacAulay
Prostitute:
Celia Quicke
Kruss:
Frederick Farley
Shiga:
Eric Young
Weston:
Harry Hankin
Frau Speyer:
Rosamund Greenwood
Schmidtz:
Christopher Munkle
Fleming:
Steve Gardner
Accordion player:
Henry Krein

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