Even Dwarfs Started Small
- IMDb link: 0065436
- IMDb rating: 6.7 (6,734 votes)
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Cast: Helmut Doring, Paul Glauer, Gisela Hertwig, Hertel Minkner and others
- Release date: 2 Feb 1971
- Release year: 1970
- Runtime: 96 minutes
- Country: West Germany
- Keywords: sadism, actor injured, rebellion, chaos, vengeance, handicapped, absurdism, animal abuse, torment, surrealism
Plot:
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.