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 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.

• Reinhard HauffDirector
• Reinhard HauffWriter
• Martin SperrWriter

• Hans BrennerMathias Kneissl
• Ruth DrexelRes Kneissl, Mathias' Mutter
• Eva MattesKatharina Kneissl
• Hanna SchygullaMathilde Schreck
• Frank FreyAlois Kneissl
• Gustl BayrhammerMühlbauer
• Rainer Werner FassbinderFlecklbauer
• Kurt RaabFritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer
• Walter SedlmayrPolizist
• Kelle RiedlCast
• Alfons ScharfCast
• Martin SperrCast