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Even Dwarfs Started Small

Even Dwarfs Started Small

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 16, 1970

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

65%

Original Title

Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen

Production Companies

Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Director

Werner Herzog

Budget

$200,000

Description

The inhabitants of an institution in a remote country rebel against their keepers. Their acts of rebellion are by turns humorous, boring and alarming. An allegory on the problematic nature of fully liberating the human spirit, as both commendable and disturbing elements of our nature come forward. The film shows how justifiable revolt may be empowering, but may also turn to chaos and depravity. The allegory is developed in part by the fact that the film is cast entirely with dwarfs