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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.
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 ...
- Volker Schlöndorff
- 102
- Drama, Made in Europe
- Hans Jacob Geiz; Jacob Geiz; Sophie
Movie Info. A group of Kombach-based peasants' conspicuous consumption of ill-gotten gains draws unwanted attention and puts them in the crosshairs of the law. Genre: Drama. Original...
- Drama
- Hallelujah Films
- Volker Schlöndorff
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.
Synopsis. Basis. Production and Pre-Production. Music. Reception. “A Hessian ‘Heimatfilm'”. (Schlöndorff 2011, p. 186) 1821 in upper Hesse: Although the farmers and the day laborers of Kombach are hard workers, the crop failure and the high taxes prevent them from earning enough to sustain their families.
