
Mathias Kneißl
May 27, 1971•1h 34m•★ 6.5
Drama
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.
Director
Reinhard HauffWriters
Cast

Hans Brenner
Mathias Kneissl

Ruth Drexel
Res Kneissl, Mathias' Mutter

Eva Mattes
Katharina Kneissl

Hanna Schygulla
Mathilde Schreck
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Frank Frey
Alois Kneissl

Gustl Bayrhammer
Mühlbauer

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Flecklbauer

Kurt Raab
Fritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer

Walter Sedlmayr
Polizist
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Kelle Riedl
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Alfons Scharf
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Martin Sperr

Irm Hermann
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Franziska Stömmer
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Annemarie Wendl
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Ursula Strätz
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Werner Kließ

Volker Schlöndorff

Franz Peter Wirth
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Peter Probst