Overview
1802: The adventurous life story of Hans Bückler, known as “Schinderhannes”, who fights against the French occupying forces and large landowners who exploit poor farmers in the Hunsrück region during the Napoleonic Wars.
Cast
- Curd Jürgens as Johann 'Schinderhannes' Bückler
- Maria Schell as Julchen
- Christian Wolff as Carl von Cleve-Boost
- Fritz Tillmann as Hans Bast
- Siegfried Lowitz as Benzel
- Joseph Offenbach as Leyendecker
- Paul Esser as Schmied Schauwecker
- Bum Krüger as Polizeidirektor von Mainz
- Eva Pflug as Schäfer-Ammi
- Günther Jerschke as Welscher Jockel