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.
Mathias Kneissl
Res Kneissl, Mathias' Mutter
Katharina Kneissl
Mathilde Schreck
Alois Kneissl
Mühlbauer
Flecklbauer
Fritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer
Polizist
