Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach (1971)
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
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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Georg Lehn
as Hans Jacob Geiz
as Hans Jacob Geiz
Karl-Josef Cramer
as Jacob Geiz
as Jacob Geiz
Margarethe von Trotta
as Sophie
as Sophie
Walter Buschhoff
as Pfarrer
as Pfarrer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
as Bauer
as Bauer
Reinhard Hauff
as Heinrich Geiz
as Heinrich Geiz
Wolfgang Bächler
as David Briel
as David Briel
Karl-Heinz Merz
as Landschütz Volk
as Landschütz Volk
Joe Hembus
as Schreiber
as Schreiber
Karl Renar
as
as
Harald Müller
as Johann Soldan
as Johann Soldan
Maria Donnerstag
as Frau Geiz
as Frau Geiz
Angelika Hillebrecht
as Johanna Soldan
as Johanna Soldan
Harry Owen
as Ludwig Acker
as Ludwig Acker
Wilhelm Grasshoff
as Richter Danz
as Richter Danz
Eva Pampuch
as Gänseliesel
as Gänseliesel
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Volker Schlöndorff
Writer
Writer
Margarethe von Trotta
Writer
Writer
Volker Schlöndorff
Director
Director
Klaus Doldinger
Music
Music
Claus von Boro
Editor
Editor
Franz Rath
Cinematography
Cinematography
Volker Schlöndorff
Producer
Producer
