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Film / 1971
Mathias Kneißl
Directed by
Reinhard Hauff
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.
The story
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 BrennerMathias Kneissl
Ruth DrexelRes Kneissl, Mathias' Mutter
Eva MattesKatharina Kneissl
Hanna SchygullaMathilde Schreck
Frank FreyAlois Kneissl
Gustl BayrhammerMühlbauer
Rainer Werner FassbinderFlecklbauer
Kurt RaabFritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer
Walter SedlmayrPolizist
Kelle Riedl
Alfons Scharf
Martin Sperr
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