The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD

Year: 2011

Actors: John Lennon, Timothy Leary, Ronald Reagan, Paul McCartney

Duration: 90 min

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.

Genre: Action   Biography   Documentary   History