Mathias Kneißl

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Release date: May 27, 1971
Duration: 94 minutes
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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 riches 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.

Starring

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Hans Brenner
Mathias Kneissl
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Ruth Drexel
Res Kneissl, Mathias' Mutter
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Eva Mattes
Katharina Kneissl
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Hanna Schygulla
Mathilde Schreck