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Even Dwarfs Started Small

Even Dwarfs Started Small

1970•1h 36m•6.4/10
ComedyDrama

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6.4/10(120)

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

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Production

Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Language

DE

Status

Released

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Cast

Helmut Döring

Hombré

Paul Glauer

Erzieher

Gisela Hertwig

Pobrecita

Hertel Minkner

Chicklets

Gertrud Piccini

Piccini

Marianne Saar

Theresa

Brigitte Saar

Cochina

Gerd Gickel

Pepe

Erna Gschwendtner

Azucar

Gerhard Maerz

Territory

Alfredo Piccini

Anselmo

Erna Smollarz

Schweppes

Lajos Zsarnoczay

Chapparo

Pepi Hermine

Pepi Hermine

The President

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