Word: christe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...throughout the war. He defines himself as an anti-Nazi "with a clean conscience." When someone made a joke about the paradox of his anti-Naziism and his Judas role, he said: "I find it pretty funny myself. One would expect at least the same [anti-Naziism] from Jesus Christ-but if it's not there, it's not there...
Some time this month, the man who played Christ will be tried by a denazification court. But whether or not he is cleared, the little Bavarian town of Oberammergau (pop. 3,944) will probably need a new Jesus. By 1950, greying Alois Lang will be 59 and too old for his Passion Play ordeal of carrying a 100-lb. cross and hanging from it in make-believe crucifixion for 22 muscle-tearing minutes...
...Luftwaffe Pilot Hans Lang, cousin of Alois and his understudy in the last play in 1934. But many villagers are arguing that Hans's chestful of medals and his smoking, drinking and going with girls disqualify him. They doubt also that he would have the flexibility of recent Christs. Anton Lang, who played the Christus in 1900, 1910 and 1922, was a sad, merciful Saviour. Alois Lang played the role as King of the Jews-a firm, determined ruler. "The Bible says Christ is both," one villager explained, "and so Christ has to make up his mind which...
...Commodore Hotel that day he attended to the Lord's business exclusively. He addressed a meeting of the Sunday School Association, and it awarded him a certificate for his religious work. Said Mr. Rank: "I believe that the best way we can spread the gospel of Christ is through movies." Then Mr. Rank went about his own-and the Empire's-business, which is to spread British movies all over the globe. In a swirl of breakfasts, luncheons, teas, cocktail parties and after-theater snacks, he confabbed with RKO Production Boss Dore Schary, 20th Century-Fox Boss Spyros...
Originally a preacher for the Disciples of Christ, a Middle Western faction, he later associated himself with Huey Long. Father Charles E. Coughlin, and Charles A. Lindbergh in an effort to "maintain a government... which abuses no minority and is abused by no minority...