Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-05-27
ae Of Christ in Passion Play Had Offer From American
IN Producer-Idea of COmmercaizng 1t Is Abhorren to
Them-AdmissOn, Including Lodging and Meals, Win
Cost American Tourists Sf25

erannergau, Bavaria.-It will
the american visitor to the Pas
81 ey. Play Bis summer something less
$l This includes the price
3Ol ticket, lodging for two nights,
8se mountain meals. The price
sen Fixed at 400 marks, every
neIuled, and 400 marks are
new worth less than $1.25.
is no knowing how little they
ia worth by the time the first
consln Rance is given on May II.
town of Oberammergau is in
d 81 fulning itself in its insist
0f asking as little as possible of
: So housands of visitors who will
to their quaint mountain viii
this SIMMER They want above
lsMszM lfgH 10 avoid the slightest sus-
Of tfying to make money out
n Ne poEeant in honor Of Christ
they have performed as nearly
a ssiliie ey cry ten years since they
81 q 90 so following the great
of 3. THIS was always easy
Ia 10 Yeas before the war,
VI meANs had a fixed value, but
Mthe Alue of the German mark
Ing ION day to day and the
of hxfng constantly increasing,
going 10 be an expensive bust
. feed the quarter Of million
lac 90 y Fr
er Then there is the question
iewing the scenery and the cos
(, IA Which the village has al
invested a million marks.
ee she money question is really
ing @ worry these simple
stie peope, as I have learned
ssc;;sss private conversations dur
le few delightful days l have
Spending in their pure, religious
There Guriously enough, I have
great deal about money mat
net thai the Oberammergau peo-
iut 70 know about or think about
questions, but because they
onstantly having the disagree
natter Showed in front of them.
ps Il the oft-repeated scene
,l,on, rist arhing the money changers
oaraDId ne TEMPO that has given them
nsf Tor money. or perhaps ii is
uf'e way their idealism has been
~ theatrjeal and movie man
eager g put them on the boards
axe 2 fortune out of them. In
ely NOS Of these offers have
FROM Anerica.
4 MILLION to Film 1t.
instance Anton Lang, the VII
otfer, VII has entered the soul
snadenea the religious conscious
hdnFlreds Of thousands OF spec
Ct tie Passion Play by his pres
ar pa g Christ, told me ne had
/. offered 100000 by American
" redEeers to stage the Passion
.ss e them The sum struck me as
Of e i1afl could not have believed
40 q offer had been made if I had
a i from Lang himself. He also
~ e there was a second offer Of
L 700 German marks. which was
~e alsts near 100000 at the time
~ was made A German film
" ~ made the more modest offer
0Ot0 German marks to film the
nance
re attitude toward all these
r oilers IS one Of annoyance.
L. talked to him the other morn
nreskfast over the coffee and
~ saared with me. ne happened
W 9 has min turned that way.
RlC Aafs just received d letter from
aeflean Bishop he sad, which
Y seciate yury much. The bishop
ne Pr a. means and under no
10 fasloa Il be tempted by the
30 s held out FOR movie picture
l'0a't let anyone induce you
fnoaeg from the Passion Play
50 81 stands out as a great
Fl esNyal something so far
zenote from mere money
0)S zee S d Price.
81 eeTeFe The war I was made
&see1ce he Passion Play