The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971)
1h 42m
Running Time
April 14, 1971Release Date
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971)
1h 42m
Running Time
April 14, 1971Release Date
Plot.
An intriguing Hans Christian Anderson-style fairy tale aesthetic and voice over narration. Sudden Wealth is a despairing chronicle of a group of starving peasants who finally seize governmental wealth like a dysfunctional group of Robin Hood's Merry Men, only to be betrayed by their inescapable selves and systematically dehumanized (think bucolic Orwell) and reprogrammed by what we'll put under the rubric of God and Country.
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Cast & Crew.
Reinhard Hauff
Heinrich Geiz
Georg Lehn
Hans Jacob Geiz
Walter Buschhoff
Pfarrer
Karl-Josef Cramer
Jacob Geiz
Wolfgang Bächler
David Briel
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Bauer
Harry Owen
Ludwig Acker
Harald Müller
Johann Soldan
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 14, 1971
Original NameDer plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Genres
Wiki.
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (German: Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach) is a film d'auteur from 1971 directed by Volker Schlöndorff. He also co-wrote the script with Margarethe von Trotta. The film was based on a true event that occurred in the Hessian Hinterland in the 19th century.