---
title: 'Day of the Idiots (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Werner Schroeter'
released: '1981-10-31'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/day-of-the-idiots-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083160/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Day of the Idiots (1981)

1981 · 110 min · Drama, Fantasy · Germany

Original title: Tag der Idioten

## Synopsis

Day of the Idiots 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Werner Schroeter](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-schroeter)
- **Screenplay:** [Werner Schroeter](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-schroeter), [Dana Horáková](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-horakova)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Peer Raben](https://cinepixo.com/people/peer-raben)

## Cast

- [Ula Stöckl](https://cinepixo.com/people/ula-stockl)
- [Fritz Schediwy](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-schediwy)
- [Ellen Umlauf](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-umlauf)
- [Marie-Luise Marjan](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-luise-marjan)
- [Ida Di Benedetto](https://cinepixo.com/people/ida-di-benedetto)
- [Jana Plichtová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-plichtova)
- [Ingrid Caven](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingrid-caven)
- [Dana Medřická](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-medricka)
- [Carola Regnier](https://cinepixo.com/people/carola-regnier)
- [Carole Bouquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/carole-bouquet)
- [Christine Kaufmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/christine-kaufmann)
- [Magdalena Montezuma](https://cinepixo.com/people/magdalena-montezuma)

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