Anton Lang
German actor (1875–1938)
Anton Lang (17 January 1875 – 30 May 1938) was a German studio potter and an actor in the Oberammergau Passion Play. He played the role of Jesus Christ in 1900, 1910, and 1922. He was the Prologue Speaker in 1930 and again in the Jubilee Production of 1934.
Biography
Lang was born on January 17, 1875, in Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany.
He played the role of Jesus Christ in the Oberammergau Passion Play in 1900, 1910, and 1922.
Lang died in Munich on May 30, 1938, at the age of 63, following surgery for a stomach ailment.
Legacy
In 1923–1924, Lang visited the U.S. and was asked to comment on many of the current events of the day. When reporters told Lang of "religious clashes" in the United States, which then was witnessing fights between evolutionists and religious fundamentalists and the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan and its anti-Catholic and antisemitic propaganda, and of "the organized manifestations of bigotry" he "seemed incredulous" and "shook his head deprecatingly." Lang commented that "At Oberammergau we have all kinds. There is a Catholic church, and a chapel that is used by the Protestants—Baptists, Methodists, Episcopalians, and all kinds. But that isn't what counts.
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