Even Dwarfs Started Small

1970 · 96 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 6,451 VOTES · DIR. Werner Herzog

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Overview

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

Dialogue Timeline — 390 lines

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00:00:56 Even Dwarfs Started Small
00:06:56 You had to stay behind as punishment.
00:10:45 Tear the phone wire down.
00:12:34 If you don't calm down something will happen to Pepe.
00:14:51 Don't laugh! Shut your damn mouth! Understand?
00:16:24 And watering the fields, and dealing with Mother Nature.
00:23:32 Let's get some women now.
00:26:10 Go to bed where it's nice and warm.
00:28:10 No, it won't work. I can't get up.
00:29:46 Let me turn the pages.
00:33:45 Do you remember when Territory came here...
00:40:41 The whole procession is there. The beetle mob.
00:42:16 - Maybe it's crept under there. - No, no.
00:43:32 That's not a nice thing to say.
00:47:09 Excuse me...
00:49:49 Well...
00:55:18 We are sick of the cross-country runs that are supposed to improve us!
01:05:42 - Didn't you see anything? - I think I heard something.
01:07:28 And you guys come to! Come on!
01:10:49 Father, bless this food, keep us pure, keep us good!
01:18:54 Oh, they're in full bloom, now.
01:28:02 We've already killed Azúcar.
01:30:10 Room! Now it's getting serious! Room!
01:33:27 Arm down!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed390
Dialogue density4.1 lines / min
First line00:00:56
Final line01:33:27

Production Record

DirectorWerner Herzog
LanguageGerman
Budget$200,000
IMDb votes6,451