Erna Gschwendtner, Gerd Gickel, Helmut Döring
Dwarves take overa correctional institution and try to break free of a society that mocks them.
DVD Release Date: December 14, 1999
Stats: 294 reviews
As far as I'm concerned, Herzog helped cinema evolve from its relatively stale existence at that time and paved the way for so many directors and producers who didn't realise what they could do. He broke down boundaries and revolutionised cinema but you hear anyone give him the c...( read more)
Wow! I didn't know that cannibal chickens existed!! We have midgets imprisioning their fellow midget warden in his building, burning trees and houseplants, throw food fights, and more madness and destruction. There's even a monkey that gets crucified and paraded around!! (not h...( read more)
Disturbing. Oh, the poor piglets trying desperately to suckle on their mother's teats after it was already dead.
Hombre has the most memorable laughter ever.
Herzog doesn't always do it for me but this is great, the constantly sharp musical motifs, the cannibal chickens and little Hombre are unforgettable
Even Dwarfs Started Small es una de las primeras películas del reconocido director alemán Werner Herzog, se trata de una película caótica, perturbadora y muy distinta al modelo tradicional; sin embargo, es fácil ver en ella a un filme sumamente personal y claramente revolu...( read more)
Oh my god, I hated this film! I couldn't even comprehend it! I think that it's worth seeing because it is so different and I think that everyone will either love it or hate. Either way, however, it will definitely leave an effect. I personally couldn't even finish watching it bec...( read more)
This one is difficult to rate primarily because it's quite weird. The dwarfs are adorable little shits. Their interactions in the institution are sometimes far fetched and bizarre; other times normal, and in seeing that normal tasks we take for granted are performed with difficul...( read more)
En la película no pasa nada realmente en cuanto a acción. Son la sucesión de desmanes a raíz de un encierro lo que hacen el cuerpo de esta verdaderamente bizarra y grotesca película. Aunque tiene un inicio interesante y divertido por lo loca, al no suceder gran cosa se vuelve alg...( read more)
This is "animal farm" but with dwarves, and it goes horribly wrong. I loved the character "Hombre"
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