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Day of the Idiots
Screenshot of Carole BouquetDirected 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 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. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1561/year/1982.html. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
External links
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