- HD 1080
- Runtime: 96m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: de
- Country: Germany
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Stars: Helmut Döring, Paul Glauer, Gisela Hertwig, Hertel Minkner, Gertrud Piccini
- keywords: rage and hate, small person, insurrection, malice, teacher, destruction, trenches, animal cruelty
- Production_studio: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
- providers: Fandor Amazon Channel
- The Even Dwarfs Started Small is featured in the top rankings of 1970
- #26 in Top Comedy Movies of 1970
- #73 in Top Drama Movies of 1970
A group of tormented patients stage a coup at an oppressive, dismal asylum after they're not allowed out on an excursion.