Mathias Kneißl

Mathias Kneißl — Plot

Inspired by the real-life events of Mathias Kneißl, a marginal man, son of poor farmers from Bavaria, in the late XIX century. Mathias stole from the rich to give to the poor, becoming a hero for the rural people and a popular social rebel. He was chased by the police until his unfortunate sentence.

• Release date
• May 27, 1971
• Runtime
• 94 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Reinhard Hauff

Mathias Kneißl — Cast

Hans Brenner Mathias Kneissl Ruth Drexel Res Kneissl, Mathias' Mutter Eva Mattes Katharina Kneissl Hanna Schygulla Mathilde Schreck

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Frank Frey Alois Kneissl Gustl Bayrhammer Mühlbauer Rainer Werner Fassbinder Flecklbauer Kurt Raab Fritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer