| Day of the Idiots | |
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 Screenshot of Carole Bouquet | |
| Directed by | Werner Schroeter |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ivan Slapeta |
| Edited by | Catherine Brasier-Snopko |
| Music by | Peer Raben |
| Distributed by | OKO-Film |
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| Running time | 110 min. |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Day of the Idiots (German: Tag der Idioten) is a 1981 West German psychological fantasy film drama directed and written by Werner Schroeter. It stars Carole Bouquet as a disturbed mental patient with an inclination to remove her clothes and Ingrid Caven as Dr. Laura and Christine Kaufmann as Ruth.
The film was nominated for a Golden Palm Award at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival and won best film at the 1982 German Film Awards going to director Werner Schroeter.
Cast
- Carole Bouquet as Carole
- Ingrid Caven as Dr. Laura
- Christine Kaufmann as Ruth
- Ida Di Benedetto as Elisabet
- Carola Regnier as Ninon
- Mostefa Djadjam as Alexander
- Hermann Killmeyer as Markus
- Marie-Luise Marjan as Schwester Marjan
- Magdalena Montezuma as Zigeunerin
- George Stamkoski as himself
- Tamara Kafka
- Dana Medřická
- Fritz Schediwy
- Jana Plichtová
References
- "Festival de Cannes: Day of the Idiots". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
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- 1980s psychological films
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- German avant-garde and experimental films
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- 1980s German-language films
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