About Otto Lang
Lived 1906 – 1984 (aged 77). Otto Lang was a German university teacher, stage actor, film actor, theatre manager, actor and director.
Otto Lang (August 24, 1906 – June 24, 1984) was a German actor and director.
From 1953 to 1958 he was Rector of the Drama School of Leipzig. From 1958 to 1973 he was director of the German National Theater in Weimar.
Literature Kuckhoff, Armin-Gerd: In Memoriam Otto Lang, in: Shakespeare Jahrbuch 121 (1985), S. 7-8. Kuckhoff, Armin-Gerd: In Memoriam Otto Lang, in Shakespeare Yearbook 121 (1985), p. 7-8.
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Who was Otto Lang?
German actor (1906-1984)
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Otto Lang was born on 24 August 1906 in Frankfurt.
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Otto Lang died on 24 June 1984 in Weimar.
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Otto Lang was a university teacher, stage actor, film actor, theatre manager, actor and director.
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Otto Lang was German.
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