Theater in Trance 1981

Synopsis:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder visits for two weeks the "Theater der Welt" festival 1981 in Cologne. 30 companies showed in over 100 performances their own visions of a new theater. Framed by Fassbinder's reading of one of the famous essays on theater: Antonin Artaud's "The Theater and its double". The audience is left to wonder how much of Artaud's radical and beautiful vision is realized in contemporary theater.

Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Written by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Release date: 1981-08-20
Runtime: 91 minutes