The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD

2011

German

7.1

♡ 8

71%

lysergic acid diethylamide

pharmaceutical lab

pharmaceuticals company

psychedelic drug

psychedelics

Martin Witz Director

John Lennon as Himself

Ronald Reagan as Himself

Timothy Leary as Himself

Paul McCartney as Himself

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.