Das stolze und traurige Leben des Mathias Kneißl

BR Deutschland 1979/1980 Spielfilm

Summary

The Proud and the Sad Life of Mathias Kneissl

Mathias Kneissl was Bavaria's last genuine robber. The movie, based on 19th century historical sources, depicts the last year in the life of this famous outlaw and folk-hero. At the age of 23 he is released from jail after completing an unjustified sentence of six years. He now goes astray to rob the money for his and his girlfriend's emigration to America. After shooting a policeman, Mathias Kneissl remains at large for a number of months. Not until he is betrayed by his girlfriend did the police track him down, three hundred soldiers surrounding the barricaded farmhouse in which he his hiding. The ensuing siege lasts several days. Finally, severely wounded, Kneissl is pulled out of the farmhouse ruins. He recovers in a Munich hospital only to be executed in 1902. He is 27 years old.

Source: Oliver Herbrich

 

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Shoot

    • Juli 1979 - August 1980: Dachau, Erdinger Moos, Landshut, Vilshofen, Bad Tölz
Duration:
783 m, 72 min
Format:
16mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 05.08.1981, 52558, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 31.10.1980, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
Kinostart (DE): 06.02.1981, München, Isabella

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Das stolze und traurige Leben des Mathias Kneißl

Versions

Original

Duration:
783 m, 72 min
Format:
16mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 05.08.1981, 52558, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 31.10.1980, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
Kinostart (DE): 06.02.1981, München, Isabella

Awards

FBW 1980
  • Prädikat: besonders wertvoll