The inhabitants of an institution in a remote country rebel against their keepers. Their acts of rebellion are by turns humorous, boring and alarming. An allegory on the problematic nature of fully liberating the human spirit, as both commendable and disturbing elements of our nature come forward. The film shows how justifiable revolt may be empowering, but may also turn to chaos and depravity. The allegory is developed in part by the fact that the film is cast entirely with dwarfs
Unfortunately the movie Even Dwarfs Started Small is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Camera | Thomas Mauch | Director of Photography |
| Production | Werner Herzog | Producer |
| Sound | Florian Fricke | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Werner Herzog | Screenplay |
| Editing | Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus | Editor |
| Directing | Werner Herzog | Director |
| Production | Francisco Ariza | Production Manager |
| Directing | Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Herbert Prasch | Sound |
| Production | Walter Saxer | Unit Production Manager |
