The Proud and Sad Life of Mathias Kneissl
Behind the scenes
Cast
Stephan Becker ................. Mathias Kneissl
Marianne Ploog ................ Mathilde Danner
Joseph Reitinger ....................... Flecklbauer
Rudolf Eydmann ............................. shepherd
Elfriede Hildebrand .................... clairvoyant
Martin Spiegler ............................. coachman
Helmut Echtler ......................................... Vöst
Ulrich Hauswald .............................. Moseder
Bernhard Brychcy ................................. monk
and
Christoph Reinhold ....................... framhand
Sophie Schwarzmeier .......................... maid
Gerd Silberbauer ................... police captain
Johannes Pechtold ........................ gendarm
Peter Magerl .................................... gendarm
Thomas Menzel .............................. gendarm
Georg Hoffmann ............................. gendarm
Crew
Oliver Herbrich ... screenplay and director
Ludolph Weyer .................. cinematograohy
Romy Schumann ................................ editing
Max Müller ...............sound recording, stills
Sylvia Tewes ...................... sound recording
Jan Betke............................assistant camera
Stephan Becker .............. location manager
Titus Lange ...................... assistant director
Markus Osterrieder ...................... continuity
Heribert Kansy ............................ light & grip
Sebastian Lentz .......................... light & grip
Marlene Reidel .............. artwork woodcuts
Karsten Ullrich ............. re-recording mixer
Wolfgang Grimmeisen ........................Trailer
Oliver Herbrich
Filmproduktion .......... production company
Funding (production and distribution):
Kuratorium junger deutscher Film
Thanks to
Dr Siegfried Dörffeldt
HFF Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film
Rob Houwer Film
Loft Tonstudio
Daimler Benz
Tech specs
Lenght ..................................... 783m/72 min
Film .......................... 16mm Eastman color
Aspect ratio ......................................... 1: 1,33
Equipment .......................................Gruppe 3
Film lab ...............................................Bavaria
Blow up .................... Filmtechnik 16 Rings
Digital scan ......................................... Berola
Color grading ....... Wolfgang Grimmeisen
Sound ............................................... German
Rating (FSK) ................16 years and older
Shot on location 07.1979 - 08.1980 in
Dachau, Erdinger Moos, Landshut, Hennermais Vilshofen, Vogelherd Bichl, island of Helgoland.
Alternative titel:
Flucht ohne Ausweg (working title)
Das stolze und traurige Leben des Mathias Kneißl (Germany)
Availability:
Print 35mm ComOpt, 16mm ComMag
DCP, BluRay (ditially remastered in HD)
Festivals/Release
Premiere ............ Hof International Filmdays
31.10.1980
Cinema release 06.02.1981 Munich
Distribution 35mm ............endfilm, Munich
Distribution 16mm ............Filmverlag der
Autoren, Munich
Verleih der
Filmemacher
Film evalaution rating
FBW ............................... highly recommended
Festivals:
Hof International Filmdays 10.1980
Mas Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken 2.1981
Tage des unabhängigen Films, Augsburg
4.1987
Low Budget Filmfest, Hamburg 6.1987
Literature:
Oliver Herbrich "Volkshelden wider Willen. Mathias Kneißl - Theo Berger. Drehbuch" 2018 (Fichtion – Non-Fiction Film Edition)