Day of the Idiots

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Day of the Idiots
Screenshot of Carole Bouquet
Directed byWerner Schroeter
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyIvan Slapeta
Edited byCatherine Brasier-Snopko
Music byPeer Raben
Distributed byOKO-Film
Release date
  • October 31, 1981 (1981-10-31) (West Germany)
Running time
110 min.
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

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.

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References

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  1. ^ "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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