EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL
synopsis
A group of inhabitants of a correctional colony for people of small stature raises a riot against the local order. Tired of adhering to the many rules that require good behavior from them, they decide to become bad. Their immediate leader (also a dwarf) is forced to take refuge in one of the premises while waiting for the police to arrive. Meanwhile, the rioters are having fun: they beat dishes and glasses, start a car and eventually break it, kill a big pig, scoff at blind dwarfs living next door, arrange cockfights, set fire to flowerpots with their favorite colors, and so on.
international title: | Even Dwarfs Started Small |
original title: | Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen |
country: | Germany |
year: | 1970 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Werner Herzog |
film run: | 96' |
release date: | FR 05/1970, DE 02/02/1971, DK 30/03/1973, SE 19/08/1974, ES 21/09/1977, PT 24/01/1981, IT 01/05/1990, GR 14/11/2009, CH 20/10/2016, IS 30/09/2021 |
screenplay: | Werner Herzog |
cast: | Helmut Döring, Paul Glauer, Gisela Hertwig |
cinematography by: | Thomas Mauch |
film editing: | Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus |
producer: | Werner Herzog |