Mathias Kneißl
1971· 94 min· West Germany
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 Hauff
- Country
- West Germany
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations
Cast

Hans Brenner

Ruth Drexel
EM
Eva Mattes
LS
Ludwig Schmid-Wildy
FS
Franziska Stömmer
PP
Peter Probst
HS
Hanna Schygulla

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
WK
Werner Kließ
GB
Gustl Bayrhammer
KO
Karl Obermayr
VS
Volker Schlöndorff
KR
Kurt Raab

Irm Hermann
FP
Franz Peter Wirth
AW
Annemarie Wendl