Even Dwarfs Started Small

(1971)

★ 6.4 IMDb · 126 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Year: 1971

Runtime: 96 мин

Country: Germany

Director: Вернер Херцог

Cast: Helmut Döring, Paul Glauer, Gisela Hertwig, Hertel Minkner, Gertrud Piccini, Marianne Saar, Brigitte Saar, Gerd Gickel, Erna Gschwendtner, Gerhard Maerz

Plot

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

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.