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.
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
Kelle Riedl
as
