Heinrich Geiz
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On 19 May 1822, eight poor farmers and day laborers from Kombach in the Hessian Hinterland succeed in robbing a money transport that runs from Gladenbach to Gießen every month. Their good fortune, however, does not last, as their sudden wealth is soon treated with suspicion.
Reichtum der Armen Leute von Kombach (The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People from Kom-bach). The film was based on the actual records of an armed robbery in the district of Hesse in the early nineteenth century. It was shot in black-and-white and is organized in, approximately, the following way. The opening titles are superimposed over a
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 and reprogrammed by what we'll put under the rubric of God and Country.
Jan 29, 1971 · In an attempt to escape poverty in the 1800s, eight German farmers and day laborers attack a prince's money transport in the Hessian Hinterland.
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- Drama
- Volker Schlöndorff
- 1971-01-29
In an attempt to escape poverty in the 1800s, eight German farmers and day laborers attack a prince's money transport in the countryside. Watch trailers & learn more.
- Volker Schlöndorff
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. Cast. Crew.
A group of Kombach-based peasants' conspicuous consumption of ill-gotten gains draws unwanted attention and puts them in the crosshairs of the law.
- Drama
