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.

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Hans Brenner

Ruth Drexel

Eva Mattes

Hanna Schygulla

Gustl Bayrhammer