Day of the Idiots explained

Day of the Idiots
Music:	Peer Raben
Cinematography:	Ivan Slapeta
Editing:	Catherine Brasier-Snopko
Distributor:	OKO-Film
Runtime:	110 min.
Country:	West Germany
Language:	German

Day of the Idiots (de|'''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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Day of the Idiots . 2009-06-12 . festival-cannes.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110822102410/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1561/year/1982.html . 2011-08-22 .