Theater in Trance was released on August 20, 1981.

Theater in Trance was directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Theater in Trance has a runtime of 1h 31m.

Theater in Trance was produced by Thomas Schühly.

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.

The key characters in Theater in Trance are Self - Performer (Pina Bausch), Themselves - Performer (The Kipper Kids), Self - Performer (Yoshi Oida).

Theater in Trance is a Documentary film.

Theater in Trance has an audience rating of 6.3 out of 10.