Mathias Kneißl (1971)
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.
Director: Reinhard Hauff
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Hans Brenner as Mathias Kneissl |
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Ruth Drexel as Res Kneissl, Mathias' Mutter |
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Eva Mattes as Katharina Kneissl |
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Hanna Schygulla as Mathilde Schreck |
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Frank Frey as Alois Kneissl |
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Gustl Bayrhammer as Mühlbauer |
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Flecklbauer |
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Kurt Raab as Fritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer |
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Walter Sedlmayr as Polizist |
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Kelle Riedl as |
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Alfons Scharf as |
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Martin Sperr as |
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Irm Hermann as |
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Franziska Stömmer as |
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Annemarie Wendl as |
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Ursula Strätz as |
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Werner Kließ as |
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Volker Schlöndorff as |
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Franz Peter Wirth as |
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Peter Probst as |
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Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand as |
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Gustaf Dennert as |
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Karl Obermayr as |
| Directing | Reinhard Hauff | Director |
| Production | Philippe Pilliod | Producer |
| Writing | Reinhard Hauff | Writer |
| Writing | Martin Sperr | Writer |
| Editing | Jean-Claude Piroué | Editor |
| Sound | Peer Raben | Music |
| Camera | W. P. Hassenstein | Director of Photography |