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'''''Bavarian Outlaw''''' (Räuber Kneißl) is a 2008 Bavarian Heimatfilm and Crime Drama. It is the biopic about the robber and murderer Mathias Kneißl, who became a folk hero.
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{{Infobox Movie
|name = Bavarian Outlaw<br />Räuber Kneißl
|name = Bavarian Outlaw<br />Räuber Kneißl
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|country = [[Image:GER.jpg|25px]] Germany
|country = [[Image:GER.jpg|25px]] Germany
|director = Marcus H. Rosenmüller
|director = Marcus H. Rosenmüller
|date= 2008
|date= August 21, 2008
|language = German (Bavarian dialect)
|language = German<br />(Bavarian dialect)
|studio=Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)<br />Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion
|studio=Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)<br />Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion
|distributor=Movienet
|distributor=Movienet
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|actor1=[[Maximilian Brückner]]
|actor1=[[Maximilian Brückner]]
|character2=Alois Kneißl
|character2=Alois Kneißl
|actor2=[[Florian Brückner]]
|actor2=Florian Brückner
|character3=Gendarm Förtsch
|character3=Gendarm Förtsch
|actor3=[[Thomas Schmauser]]
|actor3=[[Thomas Schmauser]]
|character4=Mathilde Danner
|actor4=Brigitte Hobmeier
|character5=Theresia Kneißl
|actor5=Maria Furtwängler
|character6=Kommandant Brandmaier
|actor6=[[Jürgen Tonkel]]
}}
}}


{{Film Title|Bavarian Outlaw}}
'''''Bavarian Outlaw''''' is a Bavarian ''Heimatfilm'' and Crime Drama that focuses on the life of the Bavarian robber Mathias Kneißl from 1892 until his execution in 1902. After the 1970 film ''Mathias Kneißl'' by Reinhard Hauff starring Hans Brenner and the 1980 feature film ''Das stolze und traurige Leben des Mathias Kneißl'' by Oliver Herbrich, this is the third film adaptation of the life story of Mathias Kneißl, who became a folk hero.
 
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==Drilling==
==Drilling==
Mathias Kneißl sen. ([[Michael Fitz]]) buys a Drilling. Mathias Kneißl carries the Drilling, after he has been released from jail.
Mathias Kneißl sen. ([[Michael Fitz]]) buys a Drilling. Mathias Kneißl carries the Drilling, after he has been released from jail.
[[File:Generic Drilling.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Three-barreled ''Drilling'' combination gun, marked ''Waffenhaus Kneifel-Eisenrich'' - 16 gauge & .303 British. Image placed for reference. The film weapon has exposed hammers.]]
[[File:Exposed hammer German Drilling.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Three-barreled ''Drilling'' combination gun with exposed hammers - 16 gauge & 9.3x57mm]]
[[File:Kneissl-drilling-01.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Mathias Kneißl sen. ([[Michael Fitz]]) presenting the newly bought Drilling.]]
[[File:Kneissl-drilling-01.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Mathias Kneißl sen. ([[Michael Fitz]]) presenting the newly bought Drilling.]]
[[File:Kneissl-drilling-02.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Alois Kneißl ([[Florian Brückner]]) inspecting the Drilling.]]
[[File:Kneissl-drilling-02.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Alois Kneißl ([[Florian Brückner]]) inspecting the Drilling.]]
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[[File:Kneissl-drilling-05.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Mathias Kneißl ([[Maximilian Brückner]]) aiming the Drilling.]]
[[File:Kneissl-drilling-05.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Mathias Kneißl ([[Maximilian Brückner]]) aiming the Drilling.]]


==Mauser Gewehr 1888/05==
==Gewehr 1888/05==
Most Bavarian policemen carry the [[Mauser_Rifle_Series#Gewehr_1888|Gewehr 1888/05]] throughout the movie. Gendarm Förtsch ([[Thomas Schmauser]]) carries the Gewehr 1888/05 in the beginning.
Most Bavarian policemen wield the [[Gewehr 1888/05]] throughout the movie. Gendarm Förtsch ([[Thomas Schmauser]]) carries the Gewehr 1888/05 at the beginning. Historically correct would be the ''[[Werder M1869|Werder-Gendarmeriekarabiner 88]]'' with which the bavarian police was equipped.
[[File:G88_05.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Gewehr 1888/05 - 7.92x57mm.]]
[[File:G88_05.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Gewehr 1888/05 - 7.92x57mm]]
[[File:Kneissl-88-01.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Gendarm Förtsch ([[Thomas Schmauser]]) running from the barn.]]
[[File:Kneissl-88-01.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Gendarm Förtsch ([[Thomas Schmauser]]) running from the barn.]]
[[File:Kneissl-88-02.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Gendarm Förtsch ([[Thomas Schmauser]]) aiming with his Gewehr 1888/05.]]
[[File:Kneissl-88-02.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Gendarm Förtsch ([[Thomas Schmauser]]) aiming with his Gewehr 1888/05.]]
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[[File:Kneissl-88-04.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The Bavarian city police getting ready for the showdown.]]
[[File:Kneissl-88-04.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The Bavarian city police getting ready for the showdown.]]


==Mauser Gewehr 1898==
==Gewehr 1898==
Some of the Bavarian policemen carry the [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]]. Gendarm Grasser ([[Simon Schwarz]]) pointing his Gewehr 98 at Mathias Kneißl during his arrest. The use is anachronistic because it is seen in scenes that are set in 1893. Gendarm Förtsch ([[Thomas Schmauser]]) carries the Gewehr 98 later in the movie.
Some of the Bavarian policemen carry the [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]]. Gendarm Grasser ([[Simon Schwarz]]) pointing his Gewehr 98 at Mathias Kneißl during his arrest. The use is anachronistic because it is seen in scenes that are set in 1893. Gendarm Förtsch ([[Thomas Schmauser]]) carries the Gewehr 98 later in the movie.
[[File:Mauser g98.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[File:MauserGewehr1898EarlyModel.jpg|thumb|450px|none|Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[File:Kneissl-98-02.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Gendarm Grasser ([[Simon Schwarz]]) arresting Mathias and Alois Kneißl in 1893.]]
[[File:Kneissl-98-02.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Gendarm Grasser ([[Simon Schwarz]]) arresting Mathias and Alois Kneißl in 1893.]]
[[File:Kneissl-98-01.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Gendarm Förtsch ([[Thomas Schmauser]]) carries the Gewehr 98 in 1899.]]
[[File:Kneissl-98-03.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A policeman ([[Michael Schreiner]]) patrolling the city in 1899.]]
[[File:Kneissl-98-03.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A policeman ([[Michael Schreiner]]) patrolling the city in 1899.]]
==Karabiner 98k==
Police forces also use some anachronistic [[Karabiner 98k]]s.
[[File:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[File:Kneissl-98-01.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Gendarm Förtsch ([[Thomas Schmauser]]) carries the Karabiner 98k in 1899. Note the slot cut in the stock for the sling, smaller barrel, and late-WWII welded front barrel band.]]
[[File:Kneissl-88-03.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The police officer second from right has a Kar98k.]]
[[File:Kneissl-Kar1.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A row of police officers point their rifles at Kneißl's hideout. Four Kar98ks are seen one of which is equipped with a hooded front sight.]]
==Mauser Model 1943==
At least, two [[M43 Spanish Mauser]]s are seen carried by policemen.
[[Image:Mauser m43.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Spanish Mauser M43 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[File:Kneissl-SMauser1.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The policeman in the foreground takes aim with his Mauser.]]
[[File:Kneissl-SMauser2.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The auxiliary bayonet lug can be seen on the right.]]


[[Category:Movie]]
[[Category:Movie]]
[[Category:Biographical Movie]]
[[Category:Drama]]
[[Category:Crime]]
[[Category:Crime]]
[[Category:Drama]]
[[Category:German Produced/Filmed]]
[[Category:German Produced/Filmed]]

Latest revision as of 15:36, 14 June 2023


Bavarian Outlaw
Räuber Kneißl
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Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing Germany
Directed by Marcus H. Rosenmüller
Release Date August 21, 2008
Language German
(Bavarian dialect)
Studio Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion
Distributor Movienet
Main Cast
Character Actor
Mathias Kneißl Maximilian Brückner
Alois Kneißl Florian Brückner
Gendarm Förtsch Thomas Schmauser
Mathilde Danner Brigitte Hobmeier
Theresia Kneißl Maria Furtwängler
Kommandant Brandmaier Jürgen Tonkel


Bavarian Outlaw is a Bavarian Heimatfilm and Crime Drama that focuses on the life of the Bavarian robber Mathias Kneißl from 1892 until his execution in 1902. After the 1970 film Mathias Kneißl by Reinhard Hauff starring Hans Brenner and the 1980 feature film Das stolze und traurige Leben des Mathias Kneißl by Oliver Herbrich, this is the third film adaptation of the life story of Mathias Kneißl, who became a folk hero.


The following weapons were used in the film Bavarian Outlaw:


Drilling

Mathias Kneißl sen. (Michael Fitz) buys a Drilling. Mathias Kneißl carries the Drilling, after he has been released from jail.

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Three-barreled Drilling combination gun with exposed hammers - 16 gauge & 9.3x57mm
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Mathias Kneißl sen. (Michael Fitz) presenting the newly bought Drilling.
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Alois Kneißl (Florian Brückner) inspecting the Drilling.
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Alois Kneißl (Florian Brückner) aming the Drilling.
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Alois Kneißl (Florian Brückner) shooting the Drilling.
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Mathias Kneißl (Maximilian Brückner) aiming the Drilling.

Gewehr 1888/05

Most Bavarian policemen wield the Gewehr 1888/05 throughout the movie. Gendarm Förtsch (Thomas Schmauser) carries the Gewehr 1888/05 at the beginning. Historically correct would be the Werder-Gendarmeriekarabiner 88 with which the bavarian police was equipped.

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Gewehr 1888/05 - 7.92x57mm
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Gendarm Förtsch (Thomas Schmauser) running from the barn.
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Gendarm Förtsch (Thomas Schmauser) aiming with his Gewehr 1888/05.
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The Bavarian police from the countryside getting ready for the showdown.
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The Bavarian city police getting ready for the showdown.

Gewehr 1898

Some of the Bavarian policemen carry the Mauser Gewehr 1898. Gendarm Grasser (Simon Schwarz) pointing his Gewehr 98 at Mathias Kneißl during his arrest. The use is anachronistic because it is seen in scenes that are set in 1893. Gendarm Förtsch (Thomas Schmauser) carries the Gewehr 98 later in the movie.

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Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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Gendarm Grasser (Simon Schwarz) arresting Mathias and Alois Kneißl in 1893.
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A policeman (Michael Schreiner) patrolling the city in 1899.

Karabiner 98k

Police forces also use some anachronistic Karabiner 98ks.

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Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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Gendarm Förtsch (Thomas Schmauser) carries the Karabiner 98k in 1899. Note the slot cut in the stock for the sling, smaller barrel, and late-WWII welded front barrel band.
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The police officer second from right has a Kar98k.
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A row of police officers point their rifles at Kneißl's hideout. Four Kar98ks are seen one of which is equipped with a hooded front sight.

Mauser Model 1943

At least, two M43 Spanish Mausers are seen carried by policemen.

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Spanish Mauser M43 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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The policeman in the foreground takes aim with his Mauser.
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The auxiliary bayonet lug can be seen on the right.