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.
Release Date | August 20, 1981 | |
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Status | Released | |
Original Title | Theater in Trance | |
Runtime | 1h 31min | |
Budget | — | |
Revenue | — | |
Language | German | |
Original Language | German | |
Production Countries | Germany | |
Production Companies | Laura Film |