Mathias Kneißl

Mathias Kneißl (1971) is a drama directed by Reinhard Hauff rated 6.5/10.

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.