The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
1971 · 102 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 426 VOTES · DIR. Volker Schlöndorff
Overview
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 (think bucolic Orwell) and reprogrammed by what we'll put under the rubric of God and Country.
Dialogue Timeline — 746 lines
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00:00:01 THE SUDDEN WEALTH OF THE POOR PEOPLE OF KOMBACH
00:04:02 which won't hurt us.
00:08:29 If someone gets killed like that
00:13:25 but I need some more money
00:15:55 An ear can weigh a pound or three.
00:21:13 We'll have to go on living in sin.
00:25:46 Jost Wege!
00:30:44 The rich man and the poor man
00:33:02 That's how you get to be a day-laborer.
00:45:44 And try to improve your lot, in vain.
00:50:30 where judge Danz was put in charge
00:53:22 Fishing in the Lahn is a princely privilege.
00:55:48 When some crime has been committed
00:58:03 I got the rifle from my father.
01:00:25 Yes, your honor, the one on the table.
01:03:45 Poacher!
01:07:17 issued by the mayor of Kombach.
01:09:31 I'm a rich man on a journey
01:12:42 An innocent man may seem more embarrassed
01:15:36 as the scribe contentedly writes.
01:17:55 in the name of Thy son Jesus Christ
01:21:52 - Of my own will. - I was first!
01:25:55 But I am free.
01:28:49 And your valley They filled in
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed746
Dialogue density7.3 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:28:49
Production Record
DirectorVolker Schlöndorff
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes426