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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
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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
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Péter Müller
Michl Pascolini, Bruder der Res
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Andrea Stary
Cilli Kneißl
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Kelle Riedl
Johann Patsch
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Alfons Scharf
Vater Kneißl
Gustl Bayrhammer
Mühlbauer
Peer Raben
Composer
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W.P. Hassenstein
Cinematographer