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Even Dwarfs Started Small

A group of tormented patients stage a coup at an oppressive, dismal asylum after they're not allowed out on an excursion.

1h 36m1971TMDb 6.4

ComedyDrama

German

Crew and Cast

Werner HerzogWerner HerzogDirector
Helmut DöringHombré
Paul GlauerErzieher
Gisela HertwigPobrecita
Hertel MinknerChicklets
Gertrud PicciniPiccini
Marianne SaarTheresa
Brigitte SaarCochina
Gerd GickelPepe
Erna GschwendtnerAzucar
Gerhard MaerzTerritory
Alfredo PicciniAnselmo
Erna SmollarzSchweppes
Lajos ZsarnoczayChapparoPepi HerminePepi HermineThe President

Storyline

A group of tormented patients stage a coup at an oppressive, dismal asylum after they're not allowed out on an excursion.

  • Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

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Info

Original title
Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen
Status
Released
Released
2 February 1971
Runtime
1h 36m
TMDB score
6.4 / 10 (128 votes)

Production

Director
Werner Herzog
Writers
Werner Herzog
Studios
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Countries
Germany

Box Office

Budget
$200,000.0

Languages

Original
German
Spoken
German