Even Dwarfs Started Small 1970

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Comedy Drama

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

Release Date 1970-09-16
Runtime 1h 36m
Directors Werner Herzog, Thomas Mauch, Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg
Producer Werner Herzog
Writer Werner Herzog