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.
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
Unknown
Alfons Scharf
Unknown
Martin Sperr
Unknown
Irm Hermann
Unknown
Franziska Stömmer
Unknown
Annemarie Wendl
Unknown
Ursula Strätz
Unknown
Werner Kließ
Unknown
Volker Schlöndorff
Unknown
Franz Peter Wirth
Unknown
Peter Probst
Unknown
Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand
Unknown
Gustaf Dennert
Unknown
Karl Obermayr
Unknown
