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The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

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The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

6.5

1h 42m

1971

Synopsis

In an attempt to escape 19th-century poverty, eight farmers and day laborers attack a prince's money transport in the Hessian Hinterland.

Director

Volker Schlöndorff

DramaCrime

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Cast & Crew

Georg Lehn

Georg Lehn

as Hans Jacob Geiz

Karl-Josef Cramer

Karl-Josef Cramer

as Jacob Geiz

Margarethe von Trotta

Margarethe von Trotta

as Sophie

Walter Buschhoff

Walter Buschhoff

as Pfarrer

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

as Bauer

Reinhard Hauff

Reinhard Hauff

as Heinrich Geiz

Wolfgang Bächler

Wolfgang Bächler

as David Briel

Karl-Heinz Merz

as Landschütz Volk

Joe Hembus

as Schreiber

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