Räuber Kneißl

Even today Mathias Kneißl 18751902 is considered a national hero in the collective memory of Bavaria During his lifetime he was the most wanted criminal in Bavaria and even Prince Regent Luitpold was reported daily on the hunt for the lawbreaker report Again and again Kneißls story has occupied the Bavarian artists his life was retold in folk songs and murders sung in ballads filmed and treated in various plays In his feature film version the Bavarian filmmaker Marcus H Rosenmüller relies on a rapid staging opulent images and a moving love story