Freedom or Death!: Michael König on »The Niklashausen Journey«
Unseen between its first television broadcast in 1970 and its rediscovery in 2002, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s THE NIKLASHAUSEN JOURNEY chronicles the journey of a young peasant in the 15th century and his quest to overcome social injustice. For the young stage actor Michael König, this was the second time in a row that he played a lead in a Fassbinder film. In this interview, König, now 74, looks back at the making of this allegorical critique of the student movement.