Georg Lehn
Hans Jacob 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. Cast. Georg Lehn: Hans Jacob Geiz; Reinhard Hauff: Heinrich Geiz
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.
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. Cast. Georg Lehn: Hans Jacob Geiz. Reinhard Hauff: Heinrich Geiz.
Synopsis A group of Kombach-based peasants' conspicuous consumption of ill-gotten gains draws unwanted attention and puts them in the crosshairs of the law. Director Volker Schlöndorff
- Drama
- Hallelujah Films
- Volker Schlöndorff
Synopsis. 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 ...
IMDb 7.0 1 h 30 min 1971. 13+. Action · Drama. Available to rent or buy. Rent. SD £3.49. Buy. SD £7.99. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Redeem a gift card or promotion code. Details. An intriguing Hans Anderson-style fairy tale aesthetic and voice over narration.
