Mathias Kneißl

Mathias Kneißl

94 mins | Drama | May 27, 1971

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 riches 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.

Mathias Kneißl

94 mins | Drama | May 27, 1971

Mathias Kneißl
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 riches 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.
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Bavaria Film
Original title Mathias Kneißl
Directors Reinhard Hauff
Writers Martin Sperr, Reinhard Hauff

Cast

Hans Brenner

as Mathias Kneissl

Ruth Drexel

as Res Kneissl, Mathias' Mutter

Eva Mattes

as Katharina Kneissl

Hanna Schygulla

as Mathilde Schreck

Frank Frey

as Alois Kneissl

Gustl Bayrhammer

as Mühlbauer

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

as Flecklbauer

Kurt Raab

as Fritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer

Walter Sedlmayr

as Polizist