Mathias Kneißl
- Movies
- 1971-05-27
- DE
- Released
- 2h 34m
- DE
- Drama
Production
Bavaria Film, WDR
Storyline
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.