The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
1971, German. Directed by Volker Schlöndorff.
In an attempt to escape 19th-century poverty, eight farmers and day laborers attack a prince's money transport in the Hessian Hinterland.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Volker SchlöndorffDirector
- Georg LehnHans Jacob Geiz
- Karl-Josef CramerJacob Geiz
- Margarethe von TrottaSophie
- Walter BuschhoffPfarrer
- Rainer Werner FassbinderBauer
- Reinhard HauffHeinrich Geiz
- Wolfgang BächlerDavid Briel
- Karl-Heinz MerzLandschütz Volk
- Joe HembusSchreiber
- Karl RenarCast
- Harald MüllerJohann Soldan
- Maria DonnerstagFrau Geiz
Details
- Released
- 14 April 1971
- Original title
- Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta
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The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971) was directed by Volker Schlöndorff and stars Georg Lehn, Karl-Josef Cramer, Margarethe von Trotta.