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The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD (2011)

One drop changes everything.

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 30M

Director : Martin Witz

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.

Actors

James S. Ketchum
James S. Ketchum
Self

Crews

Martin Witz
Martin Witz
Writer
Martin Witz
Martin Witz
Director
Stefan Kälin
Stefan Kälin
Editor
Russ Jaquith
Russ Jaquith
Sound mixer
Balthasar Jucker
Balthasar Jucker
Sound mixer
Marcel Vaid
Marcel Vaid
Music
Roland Widmer
Roland Widmer
Sound Designer
Stefan Willenegger
Stefan Willenegger
Sound Designer
Guido Keller
Guido Keller
Sound mixer
Paul Avondet
Paul Avondet
Title Graphics
Silvana Bezzola Rigolini
Silvana Bezzola Rigolini
Commissioning Editor
Luisella Realini
Luisella Realini
Commissioning Editor
Elda Guidinetti
Elda Guidinetti
Producer
Andres Pfäffli
Andres Pfäffli
Producer
Patrick Lindenmaier
Patrick Lindenmaier
Director of Photography
Pio Corradi
Pio Corradi
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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