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Mathias Kneißl (1971)

Mathias Kneißl (1971)

Drama
Release Date: 1971, May 27
Directors: Reinhard Hauff
Countries: Germany
Production: Bavaria Film, WDR
Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Eva Mattes, Kurt Raab, Ruth Drexel, Hans Brenner, Gustl Bayrhammer, Walter Sedlmayr, Frank Frey

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.

Keywords:

robber