''Day of the Idiots'' (german: Tag der Idioten) is a 1981

West German West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

psychological

fantasy film Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes, usually magic, supernatural events, mythology, folklore, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered a form of speculative fiction alongside science fiction f ...

drama directed and written by

Werner Schroeter Werner Schroeter (7 April 1945 – 12 April 2010) was a German film director, screenwriter, and opera director known for his stylistic excess. Schroeter was cited by Rainer Werner Fassbinder as an influence both on his own work and on German cine ...

. It stars

Carole Bouquet Carole Bouquet (born 18 August 1957) is a French actress who has appeared in more than 60 films since 1977. In 1990, she was awarded the César Award for Best Actress for her role in ''Too Beautiful for You''. She was the face of Chanel No. 5 f ...

as a disturbed mental patient with an inclination to remove her clothes and

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as Dr. Laura and

Christine Kaufmann Christine Maria Kaufmann (; 11 January 1945 – 28 March 2017) was a German-Austrian actress, author, and businesswoman. The daughter of a German father and a French mother, she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress f ...

as Ruth. The film was nominated for a

Golden Palm Award The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

at the

1982 Cannes Film Festival The 35th Cannes Film Festival was held from 14 to 26 May 1982. The Palme d'Or was jointly awarded to '' Missing'' by Costa Gavras and ''Yol'' by Şerif Gören and Yılmaz Güney. The festival opened with the 1916 film ''Intolerance'', directed b ...

and won best film at the 1982

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going to director

Cast

as Carole *

as Dr. Laura *

as Ruth *

Ida Di Benedetto Ida Di Benedetto (born 3 June 1945)Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo Parrini, ''Catalogo dei viventi 2009'' - voce Di Benedetto Ida, Venezia, Marsilio Editori, 2008, is an Italian actress and film producer. Biography Di Benedetto appeared in more tha ...

as Elisabet *

Carola Regnier Carola is a female given name, the Latinized form of the Germanic given names Caroline or Carol. People named Carola include: Acting *Carola Braunbock (1924–1978), Czech-born East German actress *Carola Höhn (1910–2005), German actress ...

as Ninon *Mostefa Djadjam as Alexander * Hermann Killmeyer as Markus *

Marie-Luise Marjan Marie-Luise Marjan (given name: Marlies Lause, born 9 August 1940) is a German actress.George Stamkoski George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd Presiden ...

as himself *Tamara Kafka *

Dana Medřická Dana Medřická (11 July 1920 – 21 January 1983) was a Czech film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1944 and 1983. Selected filmography * '' Černí myslivci'' (1945) * '' Guard 13'' (1946) * '' Getting on in the World'' ...

*Fritz Schediwy *Jana Plichtová

References

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* 1981 films 1980s psychological films 1980s avant-garde and experimental films German avant-garde and experimental films West German films 1980s German-language films Films directed by Werner Schroeter Films set in psychiatric hospitals German fantasy films 1980s German films {{1980s-Germany-film-stub