The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD
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The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD

7 / 10 | 1h 30m | Switzerland
2012 | Documentary | Biography | History
In 1943, the year in which the first A-bomb was built, Albert Hofmann discovered LSD, a substance that was to become an A-bomb of the mind. Fractions of a milligram are enough to turn our framework of time and space upside down. The story of a drug - its discovery in the Basel chemistry lab, the first experiments by Albert Hofmann on himself, the 1950s experiments of the psychiatrists, the consciousness researchers, the artists. Could it actually be possible to find a path to the core of our human existence by means of a chemical? Spirituality at the flick of a switch? Do the enigmatic effects of this drug really help us to better understand the human soul? Could LSD be an instrument of contemporary psychiatry? Of modern brain research?

Cast List (20)

Martin Witz
Martin Witz
Director
Hanspeter Müller
Hanspeter Müller
narrator in German version
Franz X. Vollenweider
Franz X. Vollenweider
Self - neuroscientist, University of Zürich
Ken Kesey
Ken Kesey
Self
Carolyn Garcia
Carolyn Garcia
Self - Merry Pranksters
Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary
Self
Ralph Metzner
Ralph Metzner
Self - psychologist
Nick Sand
Nick Sand
Self - Millbrook Mansion
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Self
John Lennon
John Lennon
Self
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Self
Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
Self
Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
Themselves
Stanislav Grof
Stanislav Grof
Self - psychiatrist
Trevor J. Roling
Trevor J. Roling
narrator in English version
Mario Scarabelli
Mario Scarabelli
narrator in Italian version
Albert Hofmann
Albert Hofmann
Self
Martin A. Lee
Martin A. Lee
Self - author
James S. Ketchum
James S. Ketchum
Self - U.S. Army Colonel (Retired), Medical Corps
Martin Witz
Martin Witz
Writer

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