Film
Mathias Kneißl
Germany- Director
- Reinhard Hauff
- Year
- 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 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.
Top 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
Irm Hermann
Franziska Stömmer
Annemarie Wendl
Ursula Strätz
Werner Kließ
Volker Schlöndorff
Directed by
Reinhard Hauff
Written by
Reinhard Hauff, Martin Sperr
Produced by
Philippe Pilliod
