The Niklashausen Journey
1970 · 90 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 630 VOTES · DIR. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Michael Fengler
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 843 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:18 Who needs the revolution?
00:03:35 No one should go along...
00:06:37 The Virgin has given me a sign.
00:09:41 and the palest of skin. She is beautiful.
00:12:24 I can't say why.
00:16:48 I’ll show you the rooms.
00:22:16 This morning at the Niklashausen spring festival...
00:25:12 and combined with native ones...
00:27:23 through false, incomplete, or biased information.
00:29:50 Harbingers of hope for the world
00:33:29 But what happens, in a peaceable society...
00:36:33 That springtime promises me now
00:44:55 What, now?
00:46:59 everything is done in your interest...
00:48:58 Maybe I'm...
00:51:49 The ruling classes tell you...
00:54:54 happy!
00:58:26 You have been told...
01:04:15 They can be induced to pray.
01:08:05 and a sense of human dignity.
01:10:52 Oh, send your bronze chariot down to me...
01:14:41 With her, all would be well
01:24:19 Life, as it has been up to now...
01:26:20 We shall resist.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed843
Dialogue density9.4 lines / min
First line00:00:18
Final line01:26:20
Production Record
DirectorRainer Werner Fassbinder, Michael Fengler
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes630