Alexander Lang

Alexander Lang
Publicity shot in dramatic style, of young, fresh-faced actor, looking upwards and apparently speaking. He has fairly short, auburn hair, in boyish fashion.
Alexander Lang, c. 1970
Born(1941-09-24)24 September 1941
Erfurt, Gau Thuringia, Germany
Died31 May 2024(2024-05-31) (aged 82)
Berlin, Germany
EducationNational Theatre School
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Theatre director
Organizations
SpouseAnnette Reber
Children3

Alexander Lang (24 September 1941 – 31 May 2024) was a German actor and stage director. He began his career, first as an actor, in East Berlin, at the Maxim Gorki Theater, the Berliner Ensemble from 1967, and the Deutsches Theater from 1969 where he played leading roles and then moved to stage direction.

Lang was director at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg from 1988. He worked as a guest at theatres and festivals in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands; he was invited three times to direct at the Comédie-Française in Paris.

Lang was regarded as an influential director, especially known for productions of works from the German classical period by Goethe, Schiller, Lessing and Kleist among others, with "a new, authentic approach".[1] His most famous film role was the philosopher Ralph in Konrad Wolf's 1980 Solo Sunny.

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