Mathias Kneißl

Name: Mathias Kneißl
Genre: Drama
Released: 1971-05-27
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Hans Brenner, Ruth Drexel, Eva Mattes, Hanna Schygulla, Frank Frey

May 27, 1971
Directed by
Reinhard Hauff

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.