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...Ways. The biggest casting problem of all is the Christus role. Current favorite is young ex-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...
...Oberammergau, in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps, plans for next spring's revival of the world-famed Passion Play had hit a snag. Stars Alois Lang (the Christus), Anni Rutz (the Virgin Mary) and Willy Bierling (St. John) had been refused American Military Government permission to play their respective roles and were being held in Allied prisons as active members of the Nazi party. But one leading character, Hans Zwink, a regular member of the anti-Nazi movement, was ready to go on stage. His role: Judas...
...Ritto Kosch, daughter of the town druggist, slated to play Mary Magdalene in 1940, has since disqualified herself by acquiring a husband and two children.) Sure of a role is Hans Zwink, Judas in 1934, who follows in the steps of his father (Judas), grandfather (Peter) and great-grandfather (Christus). The current Christus, Alois Lang, lives in a barn behind his family's famed hotel (now Divisional HQ). Only possible hindrance to 54-year-old Lang's candidacy will be the grueling ordeal of hanging for 30 minutes on the cross...
...Petrus Christus' Dionysius the Carthusian. This small, serene, meticulous portrait of a monk (on wood panel) is often considered the gem of the Bache collection...
...resistance in Germany both to Germans and the whole world is Pastor Niemoller. A gaunt, blunt, unbending hero of World War I, who won the Iron Cross for his exploits as a submarine commander (he sank 55,000 tons of Allied shipping), he was pastor of the swank Jesus Christus Kirche in Berlin's socialite suburb Dahlem and led the Confessional Synod's attack on Naziism until clapped into jail in July 1937 for "misuse of the pulpit." The court freed him when he came to trial in February 1938, but the Gestapo promptly hustled...