Movie Settings Database

Mathias Kneissl

Where:

🇩🇪 Germany

When:

The 1890s The 1900s

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.

Released in 1971 — 134 minutes

Genre:

Drama