Mathias Kneißl

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 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 Brenner

Mathias Kneissl

Ruth Drexel

Res Kneissl, Mathias' Mutter

Eva Mattes

Katharina Kneissl

Hanna Schygulla

Mathilde Schreck