With more than one hundred performances and half a million spectators the Oberammergau Passion
Play is the most successful amateur production in the world and is included on UNESCO's
register of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The official illustrated book documents Christian
Stückl's new production of the Passion Play with set designs costumes and tableaux vivants by
Stefan Hageneier. It is the third Passion Play production that the two Oberammergau-born
artists have staged together one that sees them forging a connection with the present day
highlighting the pressing issues of asylum and integration. The rehearsals are captured by
Icelandic cinematographer Birgit Guðjónsdóttir and her moving and richly detailed photographs
reveal the enormous energy and emotional force of this unique event. Music has a particular
significance in the Obermmergau Passion Play. Almost a third of the five-and-a-half hour
production is musical - almost the length of a free-standing oratorio. Markus Zwink Musical
Director for the years 1990 2000 and 2010 returns once again in 2022 to arrange the music for
the Passion Play. The edition includes the official illustrated book and the CD.
