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Mathias Kneißl

6.519711h 34mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorReinhard Hauff
WritersReinhard Hauff·Martin Sperr
ProducerPhilippe Pilliod

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Cast · Directed by Reinhard Hauff

HBHans Brenner
Hans Brenner
Mathias Kneissl
RDRuth Drexel
Ruth Drexel
Res Kneissl, Mathias' Mutter
EMEva Mattes
Eva Mattes
Katharina Kneissl
HSHanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla
Mathilde Schreck
FF
Frank Frey
Alois Kneissl
GBGustl Bayrhammer
Gustl Bayrhammer
Mühlbauer
RFRainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Flecklbauer
KRKurt Raab
Kurt Raab
Fritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer
WSWalter Sedlmayr
Walter Sedlmayr
Polizist
KR
Kelle Riedl
AS
Alfons Scharf
MS
Martin Sperr

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