The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD
“One drop changes everything.”
Synopsis
By coincidence rather than by design, the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann makes a sensational discovery in the spring of 1943. He realizes that he is dealing with a powerful molecule that will have an impact that reaches far beyond the scientific world. THE SUBSTANCE is an investigation into our troubled relationship with LSD, told from its beginnings to today.
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Edited by Stefan KalinShot by Pio CorradiScored by Marcel Vaid
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- The Substance – Albert Hofmanns LSDde
- La sostanza - Storia dell'LSDit
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17 unique people credited
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Trevor J Roling
as narrator in English version
Hanspeter Muller
as narrator in German version
Mario Scarabelli
as narrator in Italian version
Albert Hofmann
as Self
Stanislav Grof
as Self - psychiatrist
Martin A Lee
as Self - author
James S Ketchum
as Self - U.S. Army Colonel (Retired), Medical Corps
Franz X Vollenweider
as Self - neuroscientist, University of Zürich
Ken Kesey
as Self
Carolyn Garcia
as Self - Merry Pranksters
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