NOTE: This film containst suggestive scenes of animal cruelty. Please consider accordingly when purchasing!

In the pre-tourist-overrun Canary Islands, there's an insane asylum for midgets. It's located on a barren landscape and the inmates aren't happy with the warden. As one of them says, "We really have to do something here so the old bastard can see it!" The result? A protest which leads to an uprising. They burn down his favorite palm tree; they vandalize a car; plates are smashed and flowerpots sent on fire. And in true Hrzog-style insanity, a large pig is brutally killed; there's a cockfight; and a monkey is subjected to a mock crucifixion. Fortunately(?), we are spared the actual execution of the animal abuse in this film version; but the suggestiveness is bad enough. And through it all, the viewer can watch his own primitve predjudices reflect back to him/her, as you laugh along with the antics of the "little people". But, of course, that's exactly what Herzog had in mind when he made the film. Disturbing, especially if you're sensitive.

Die kleinwüchsigen Insassen eines Erziehungsheims in einer abgelegenen, kargen Landschaft sind schlecht auf ihren Direktor zu sprechen: "Hier müssen wir mal wirklich etwas anstellen, damit die alte Sau das auch sieht!" So kommt es zu Protest-Aktionen und schließlich zum Aufstand. Des Direktors Lieblingspalme wird verunstaltet, ein Auto zu Zerstörungszwecken genutzt, Teller zertrümmert und Blumentöpfe angezündet. Die Revolte der "Zwerge", die sich mitunter auch gegen sie selbst richtet, endet im Chaos.

DVD-R is in German with switchable English and Spanish subtitles. Approx. 96 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!