The Niklashausen Journey

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Michael Fengler

With Michael König, Hanna Schygulla, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margit Carstensen and Walter Sedlmayr

Can a small group of people start a proletarian revolution, asks the "Black Monk" in a leather jacket? The medieval shepherd, Hans Boehm, claims to have been called by the Virgin Mary to create a revolt against the church and the landowners. The "Black Monk" suggests that he would have more success if he dressed up Johanna and had her appear as the Virgin Mary.