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1969 film For the 2013 film, see Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas. For the fungus, see Tricholoma equestre.

Man on Horseback
German poster
Directed by	Volker Schlöndorff
Written by	Edward Bond Volker Schlöndorff Clement Biddle Wood
Based on	Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist
Produced by	Jerry Bick Rob Houwer
Starring	David Warner
Cinematography	Willy Kurant
Edited by	Claus von Boro
Music by	Stanley Myers
Production companies	Houwer-Film Oceanic Filmproduktion GmbH
Distributed by	Columbia Film-Verleih
Release date	11 April 1969 (1969-04-11) (West Germany)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	West Germany
Languages	English German

Man on Horseback (German: Michael Kohlhaas – der Rebell) is a 1969 West German drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff based on the novel Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival. Another film based on the book was released at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

"Festival de Cannes: Man on Horseback". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 8 April 2009.

v t e Films directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Fiction films	Young Törless (1966) A Degree of Murder (1967) Man on Horseback (1969) Baal (1970) The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971) The Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972) A Free Woman (1972) Übernachtung in Tirol (1974) The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975) Coup de Grâce (1976) Germany in Autumn (1978) The Tin Drum (1979) Circle of Deceit (1981) Swann in Love (1984) Death of a Salesman (1985) A Gathering of Old Men (1987) The Handmaid's Tale (1990) Voyager (1991) The Ogre (1996) Palmetto (1998) The Legend of Rita (2000) The Ninth Day (2004) Enigma - Eine uneingestandene Liebe (2005) Strike (2006) Ulzhan (2007) Calm at Sea (2011) Diplomacy (2014) Return to Montauk (2017)
Documentaries	Nur zum Spaß, nur zum Spiel (1977) The Candidate (1980) War and Peace (1984) The Michael Nyman Songbook (1992) Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine (2002) Billy Wilder Speaks (2006)

Fiction films

Documentaries

v t e Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist
Film adaptations	Man on Horseback (1969) The Jack Bull (1999) Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013)
Related	Hans Kohlhase (inspiration) Ragtime (1975 novel) Life & Times of Michael K (1983 novel)

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