Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen
Werner Herzog / DE, 1970 / 96 min.
Does Herzog’s third feature, shot in black-and-white, reflect the anarchistic spirit of the 1960s? Or is this surrealist nightmare, populated entirely by the small people referred to in the title, really as tasteless as some shocked reviewers claimed at the time?
The inhabitants of an unspecified institution rise up against the one-man management, who has locked himself in an office with a hostage. Whereas at first the besieging of the institute’s principal building somewhat resembles a Western, it soon turns out that the rebels have just one goal in mind: to create the greatest possible chaos.
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Director
Werner Herzog
Production year
1970
Country
DE
Original title
Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen
Length
96 min.
Language
German
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
Werner Herzog
Eye Filmmuseum presents an exhibition and extensive film programme around the work of celebrated filmmaker Werner Herzog. With an unorthodox oeuvre of more than seventy features, documentaries and shorts, Herzog has fascinated audiences with unforgettable stories, images and characters for more than half a century. His films grant us insights into the relationship between people and the chaotic world around them, as well as into the endless indifference of nature towards human life.
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