Day of Idiots
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Day of Idiots |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1981 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Werner Schroeter |
| script |
Dana Horáková Werner Schroeter |
| production |
Peter Genée Karel Dirka |
| music | Peer ravens |
| camera | Ivan Šlapeta |
| cut | Cathérine Brasier |
| occupation | |
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Tag der Idioten is a German feature film by the author and filmmaker Werner Schroeter from 1981.
action
Carole Schneider is a beautiful woman and she has no shortage of money, but she is dissatisfied with her life. She tries with all her might to attract the attention of those around her, but she doesn't even manage to do this with her lover Alexander. So she calls into the void of this world, kill me! out. But their provocations usually end in nothing, just like their everyday life. Only when she unjustifiably suspects and even accuses people of terrorism is she admitted to a mental hospital. There she expands her own fantasies with the delusions of other inmates. Soon she can no longer distinguish between reality and madness . She decides to stay in the institution forever. But she is released as healthy. At the mercy of life again in reality, she commits suicide .
background
The shooting took place from February 12 to April 3, 1981 in Prague and Munich . The film had its world premiere on October 31, 1981 at the Hof Film Festival . The following year he was a competition entry at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1982 , but was not included in the award.
Reviews
- Lexicon of international film : Schroeter leaves the level of realistic or socially critical study and shows the breakpoints between utopia and reality, self-determination and adaptation in operatically stylized picture and figure arrangements. Too often he slips into mannered theatrics and presents a clichéd madhouse "reality" full of exhibitionism for its own sake .
Awards
For his stylistically interesting directorial work, Werner Schroeter received the German Film Prize in Gold in 1982 in the Best Director category.
Web links
- Day of the Idiots in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Day of Idiots at Filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Day of Idiots. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 20, 2017 .