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.

• Director: Reinhard Hauff
• Cast: Hans Brenner, Ruth Drexel, Eva Mattes, Hanna Schygulla, Frank Frey, Gustl Bayrhammer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Kurt Raab