THE QUEST

Directed by Stanley Jackson · Starring Leo Ciceri, Dennis Stanway, Norman Ettlinger · 1958

A re-enactment of the pivotal year when Frederick Banting and Charles Best, against scepticism and long odds, discovered insulin in Toronto.

A classic NFB docudrama recreating one of medicine's greatest breakthroughs, the discovery of insulin.

This short film is a re-enactment of the critical year in Dr. Frederick Banting's life when he discovered insulin for the treatment of diabetes at the University of Toronto. It depicts the odds against which he and his a

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