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Anton Lang (17 January 1875 – 30 May 1938) was a German studio potter and an actor in the Oberammergau Passion Play. [1] [2] He played the role of Jesus Christ in 1900, 1910, and 1922. [3] He was the Prologue Speaker in 1930 [4] and again in the Jubilee Production of 1934.
anton lang (1875-1938) lived and worked in oberammergau, he was famous as a potter and even more famous as the actor who played christ in the oberammergau passion play in 1900, 1910 and 1922.
Anton Lang, who played the Christ three times in the Oberammergau Passion Play, died in a private clinic here tonight at the age of 63. He had been operated upon for a stomach ailment. View...
Anton Lang (b.17th January 1875 - d.30th May 1938) was an art potter who was also a prominent actor in the "Passion Play", between 1900 and 1934, hosted in Oberammergau. He played the central role of Jesus Christ in 1900, 1910, and 1922. He was also the prologue speaker for the play in 1930 and 1934.
Mrs. Lang was born in Oberammergau, Germany. She made her first visit to the United States in 1931 while on tour with the cast of the Oberammergau Passion Play. She returned to this country in 1934 and settled in the Washington area. Her husband, Anton J. Lang, died in 1987.
Nov 18, 2011 · “Claiming the Passion” traces Oberammergau in the rhetoric of American liberals from the American tour of Anton Lang, who portrayed the Christus in 1923, to his successor's trial for Nazi sympathies in 1947. It places the conflicting Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant views of Oberammergau in the context of the early goodwill or interfaith movement.
Apr 1, 2018 · Anton Lang who played Jesus from 1900-1920 published an autobiography which ran to two editions. But despite all the publicity and the commercial aspect of the festival, the people of Oberammergau continued (and continue) to see the play first and foremost as a solemn religious undertaking.
