Mathias Kneißl
Movie
Type
1971
Year
1h 34m
Runtime
★ 6.5
Rating
Drama
Genre
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.
Cast
Hans Brenner
Mathias Kneissl
Ruth Drexel
Res Kneissl, Mathias' Mutter
Eva Mattes
Katharina Kneissl
Hanna Schygulla
Mathilde Schreck
Frank Frey
Alois Kneissl
Gustl Bayrhammer
Mühlbauer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Flecklbauer
Kurt Raab
Fritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer
Walter Sedlmayr
Polizist
Kelle Riedl
Alfons Scharf
Martin Sperr