Mathias Kneißl
- 1971-05-27
- Drama
- Kurt Raab, Eva Mattes, Walter Sedlmayr, Annemarie Wendl, Ruth Drexel, Hanna Schygulla, Gustl Bayrhammer, Karl Obermayr, Irm Hermann, Franziska Stömmer, Hans Brenner, Ursula Strätz, Kelle Riedl, Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand, Gustaf Dennert, Martin Sperr, Frank Frey, Alfons Scharf
- Franz Peter Wirth, Volker Schlöndorff, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- 1 h. 34 min.
- 5.0/10
- 1
- Germany
- Bavaria Film, WDR
Overview:
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.