Jesus walks into modern Germany with a mic drop and a soundtrack of bangers.
Solidarity, peace, and brotherly love – especially in difficult times. The passion stands for values and has fascinated people for over 2000 years already. Now, Jesus Christ gets resurrected once again in ‘Die Passion’ (The Passion): During the RTL live music event, he awakes in modern times – accompanied by real pop hits. The modern depiction of the final days in the life of Jesus Christ is enacted in ‘Die Passion’ by an array of popular stars of the worlds of acting and music.
Production
Live TV staging of biblical events with actual city locations.
Acting
Alexander Klaws committing fully to messianic pop stardom.
Director
David Grifhorst
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
RTL's 'Die Passion' continues Germany's bizarre tradition of annual live-TV passion plays, following Dutch 'The Passion' format that started in 2011.
Alexander Klaws was the first winner of 'Deutschland sucht den Superstar'—German Idol—making his casting as Jesus a full-circle pop culture resurrection.
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