# Even Dwarfs Started Small (1971)

> A starkly comic rebellion inside a correctional colony mutates into an unsettling spectacle of freedom, cruelty, and collective malice.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6801

## Facts

- Runtime: 96 min
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Cast: Helmut Döring, Paul Glauer, Gisela Hertwig, Hertel Minkner, Gertrud Piccini, Marianne Saar, Brigitte Saar, Gerd Gickel
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065436/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: grotesque, sardonic, provocative, arthouse film night, werner herzog retrospective

## Movies like Even Dwarfs Started Small

- [Young Törless (1966)](https://ember.film/movie/30244)
- [The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)](https://ember.film/movie/6669)
- [The Third Generation (1979)](https://ember.film/movie/80082)
- [Signs of Life (1968)](https://ember.film/movie/46739)
- [The Captain (2018)](https://ember.film/movie/325046)
- [Coup de Torchon (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/22164)
- [Quiet as a Mouse (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/2791)
- [The Bunker (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/204643)
- [Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/20315)
- [Satan’s Brew (1976)](https://ember.film/movie/23454)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt