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.
Directed by
Reinhard Hauff
Written by
Martin Sperr, Reinhard Hauff
Hanna Schygulla
Mathilde Schreck
Hans Brenner
Mathias Kneissl
Irm Hermann
Kurt Raab
Fritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer
Ruth Drexel
Res Kneissl, Mathias' Mutter
Eva Mattes
Katharina Kneissl
Gustl Bayrhammer
Mühlbauer
Walter Sedlmayr
Polizist
Karl Obermayr
Frank Frey
Alois Kneissl
Kelle Riedl
Alfons Scharf
Martin Sperr
Franziska Stömmer
Annemarie Wendl
Ursula Strätz
Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand
Gustaf Dennert

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