Movie

Theater in Trance

Rainer Werner Fassbinder visited for two weeks the "Theater der Welt" festival in 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.

Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Screenplay

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Status

Released

Release date

20/08/1981

Original language

German