
27/05/1971
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.

Hans Brenner
as Mathias Kneissl

Ruth Drexel
as Res Kneissl, Mathias' Mutter

Eva Mattes
as Katharina Kneissl

Hanna Schygulla
as Mathilde Schreck

Frank Frey
as Alois Kneissl

Gustl Bayrhammer
as Mühlbauer

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
as Flecklbauer

Kurt Raab
as Fritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer

Walter Sedlmayr
as Polizist

Kelle Riedl
as

Alfons Scharf
as

Martin Sperr
as

Irm Hermann
as

Franziska Stömmer
as

Annemarie Wendl
as

Ursula Strätz
as

Werner Kließ
as

Volker Schlöndorff
as

Franz Peter Wirth
as

Peter Probst
as

Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand
as

Gustaf Dennert
as

Karl Obermayr
as
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