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EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL

by Werner Herzog

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

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