'' (''Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen'') is a 1970 film by
German director
Werner Herzog .
A group of dwarfs and midgets confined in an asylum on a remote island rebel against the guards and director (all dwarfs as well) in a display of raw and nonsensical violence (setting fire to the building, making a car run in circle, crucificing a monkey, making fun of a camel, etc.)
- While filming the scene where a car drove in circles with no one at the wheel, one of the actors was run over, but immediately stood up uninjured.
- During the flower burning scene, the same actor caught fire and Werner Herzog raced over and beat the fire out. The actor only had minor injuries from the fire.
- After the two accidents, Werner Herzog promised the actors that if they made it through the rest of filming without any more injuries he would jump into a cactus patch and allow the actors to film him doing so. The film was finished without any further injuries and the director made good to his promise and dove into the cactii. Herzog said "Getting out of the cactus patch was much harder than diving in."
