The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach) 53 years old

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.

Credits

The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach Cast

Name Character
Georg Lehn He was 56, 81 years old when he died as Hans Jacob Geiz
Margarethe von Trotta She was 29, now 82 years old as Sophia
Walter Buschhoff He was 47, 87 years old when he died as Pfarrer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder He was 25, 37 years old when he died as Bauer
Karl-Josef Cramer He was 30, now 83 years old as Jacob Geiz
Reinhard Hauff He was 31, now 85 years old
Wolfgang Bächler He was 46, 82 years old when he died

The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach Crew

Name Department
Claus von Boro as Editor. He was 53 (now 106) years old Editing
Volker Schlöndorff as Director. He was 32 (now 85) years old Directing
Volker Schlöndorff as Producer. He was 32 (now 85) years old Production
Volker Schlöndorff as Writer. He was 32 (now 85) years old Writing
Franz Rath as Cinematography. He was 38 (now 92) years old Crew
Margarethe von Trotta as Writer. She was 29 (now 82) years old Writing
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The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (53 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, April 14, 1971
  • Runtime: 102 minutes