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The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach(1971)

  • Drama
  • Crime
6.5

Overview

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.

Status:Released
Release Date:Apr 14, 1971
Runtime: 1h 42m

Director:

Volker Schlöndorff

Writer:

Volker Schlöndorff,Margarethe von Trotta

Top Cast

Georg Lehn

Georg Lehn

Hans Jacob Geiz

Karl-Josef Cramer

Karl-Josef Cramer

Jacob Geiz

Margarethe von Trotta

Margarethe von Trotta

Sophie

Walter Buschhoff

Walter Buschhoff

Pfarrer

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Bauer

Reinhard Hauff

Reinhard Hauff

Heinrich Geiz

Wolfgang Bächler

Wolfgang Bächler

David Briel

Karl-Heinz Merz

Karl-Heinz Merz

Landschütz Volk

Joe Hembus

Joe Hembus

Schreiber

Karl Renar

Karl Renar

Harald Müller

Harald Müller

Johann Soldan

Maria Donnerstag

Maria Donnerstag

Frau Geiz

Angelika Hillebrecht

Angelika Hillebrecht

Johanna Soldan

Harry Owen

Harry Owen

Ludwig Acker

Wilhelm Grasshoff

Wilhelm Grasshoff

Richter Danz

Eva Pampuch

Eva Pampuch

Gänseliesel

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