
Plot
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.
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Cast

Hans Brenner
Mathias Kneissl

Ruth Drexel
Res Kneissl, Mathias' Mutter

Eva Mattes
Katharina Kneissl

Hanna Schygulla
Mathilde Schreck

Frank Frey
Alois Kneissl

Gustl Bayrhammer
Mühlbauer

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Flecklbauer

Kurt Raab
Fritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer

Walter Sedlmayr
Polizist

Kelle Riedl

Alfons Scharf

Martin Sperr

Irm Hermann

Franziska Stömmer

Annemarie Wendl

Ursula Strätz

Werner Kließ

Volker Schlöndorff

Franz Peter Wirth

Peter Probst

Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand

Gustaf Dennert

Karl Obermayr