Day of the Idiots

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Day of the Idiots

Screenshot of Carole Bouquet
Directed by Werner Schroeter
Produced by Karel Dirka, Peter Genée, Harald Kügler
Written by Dana Horaková. Werner Schroeter
Starring Carole Bouquet, Ingrid Caven, Christine Kaufmann
Music by Peer Raben
Cinematography Ivan Slapeta
Editing by Catherine Brasier-Snopko
Distributed by OKO-Film
Release date(s) West Germany: March 26, 1982
Running time 110 min.
Country West Germany
Language German
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Day of the Idiots or 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.

[edit] 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 Medrická
  • Fritz Schediwy
  • Jana Plichtová

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