The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach - 1971

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.

102min
1971
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating7.0/10

About The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

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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.

Runtime: 102min

Extra details

Original Title: Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach
Original Language: German
Directed By: Volker Schlöndorff
Production Companies
Hallelujah-Film GmbH