| Director | Werner Schroeter |
|---|---|
| Producer | |
| Writer | |
| Starring | |
| Music | Peer Raben |
| Cinematography | Ivan Slapeta |
| Editing | Catherine Brasier-Snopko |
| Distributor | OKO-Film |
| Released | October 31, 1981 (West Germany) |
| Runtime | 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[1] 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.
External links
- Day of the Idiots at IMDb