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The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

1971 · 102 min Drama Crime
6.5 / 10 · TMDB

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

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Original Title Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach
Year 1971
Country Germany
Genre Drama, Crime
Director Volker Schlöndorff
Runtime 102 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.5/10 (18 votes)

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Volker Schlöndorff constructs the narrative not as a crime caper but as a stark social drama, exploring the psychology of desperation. He relies on a documentary-like austerity to depict peasant life, building a tragic framework where fate feels inevitable.

What lingers after the viewing is a profound sense of entrapment and the unsettling moral ambiguity of the characters' actions, rather than the thrill of the heist itself. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Volker Schlöndorff

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