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.

Mathias Kneißl (1971)
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Hans Brenner
Mathias Kneissl

Ruth Drexel
Res Kneissl, Mathias' Mutter

Eva Mattes
Katharina Kneissl

Hanna Schygulla
Mathilde Schreck
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Frank Frey
Alois Kneissl

Gustl Bayrhammer
Mühlbauer

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Flecklbauer

Kurt Raab
Fritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer

Walter Sedlmayr
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