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    Poster of the movie The Substance [2011]
    2011     Biography documentary    
    1h 30min
    Original titleThe Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD
    Original lang.German, English, Czech
    CountrySwitzerland/Germany

    By coincidence rather then 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 not only on the scientific world. THE SUBSTANCE - is an investigation into our troubled relation with LSD. Told from its beginnings until today.

    Directed byMartin Witz
    Written byMartin Witz
    CompanyIcarus FilmsIcarus FilmsIcarus Films

    Featuring

    Ronald Reagan
    Paul McCartney
    Mick Jagger
    Trevor J. Roling
    Hanspeter Müller
    Mario Scarabelli
    Albert Hofmann
    Stanislav Grof
    Martin A. Lee
    James S. Ketchum
    Franz X. Vollenweider
    Ken Kesey
    Carolyn Garcia
    Timothy Leary
    Ralph Metzner
    Nick Sand
    John Lennon
    Grateful Dead
    Jimi Hendrix
    Richard Nixon
    Dean Caldwell
    Roland Griffiths
    Clark Martin

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