The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (TV)
1971 · Movie · 102 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
In 19th century in Hesse, a group of poor peasants rebel against institutional and economic domination by robbing the tax collection stagecoach. However, the machinery of power implements its countermeasures and reacts with extreme violence. The revolt fails and the robbers themselves end up convinced of the inconvenience of such a gesture of rebelliousness.
Direction Volker Schlöndorff
Cast Georg Lehn · Reinhard Hauff · Wolfgang Bächler · Karl-Josef Cramer · Harald Müler · Margarethe von Trotta · Joe Hembus
Soundtrack Klaus Doldinger
Screenplay Volker Schlöndorff · Margarethe von Trotta
Cinematography Franz Rath
Original title Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach (TV)
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