Dance Fever: The 1518 Mystery
Produced by
Leading French distributor
Production year2025
Programme formatOne-off
GenresDocumentary
Runtime
52 min
Synopsis
Strasbourg, 1518. An inexplicable trance grips the city’s inhabitants. Stricken by a strange contagion, they dance relentlessly, unable to stop, until they collapse from exhaustion. As the frenzy spreads, the afflicted seem trapped in a feverish rhythm, their bodies moving against their will. What caused this outbreak of unstoppable motion? We investigate one of history’s most mysterious and misunderstood epidemics: the case of the “Dancing Plague.” Are you ready to step into the trance?
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Leading French distributor : ARTE France
- Executive Producer : CPB Films (CLPB Rights)
- Film exports/foreign sales : Incognita distribution
Full credits (1)
- Producer : Loren Richardot
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Technical details
- Programme format : One-off
- Type : TV programme
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Historical
- Themes : Healt
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2025
- Runtime : 52 min 17 seconds
- Color type : Color
