Alexander Kluge Movies

In his production of "Hamlet" at the Zurich Schauspielhaus, Christoph Schlingensief played the role of Fortinbras. This commander has the shortest...

The "Berliner Ensemble" is a theater company closely connected to names like Bert Brecht, Heiner Müller and Claus Peymann. Hary Balzke is the...

Oiran were the beautiful and educated courtesans of Edo, the capital of the Japanses Shogun; the city which is now called Tokyo. In her feature film...

With over 200 years it has been considered that romantic relationships must be spontaneous. This is paradoxical insofar as the imperative form "must"...

Nobel Prize winner Prof. Dr. Eric R. Kandel from Columbia University, New York, is considered the "Einstein of brain research". In the year 2000 he...

On the subject of circuses during wartime, illustrations and more are shown.

A short film by Alexander Kluge.

Aristocrats playing at the simple life are surprised by a revolution. Now, under emergency conditions, love relations develop with great power....

Images from the Versailles summit in 1982 and from the summit at the Munich Residence in 1992: The leaders and their men. Also, images from the "hot...

The explosion of a munitions train standing in the congested lines of hospital trains at the station in Hamont in Belgium caused a disaster in...

There is no objectivity beyond desire. That is the main clause of the ancient poet Ovid ("Metamorphoses"). The creator of the twentieth-century...

Documentary short about the stage play "Wessis in Weimar"

Alexander Kluge's tribute to Soviet master Dziga Vertov, displaying a collage of stills from Vertov's work on the screen of a white round TV set to...

Destinies and emotion: An eagle kidnaps a child; a tiger saves a persecuted woman; a lieutenant robs a maiden of her innocence; a young lady must...

Dr. med. Josef Schlömicher-Thier is an otorhinolaryngologist working at the Salzburg Festival. He is particularly interested in the marvel of...

The way in which massacres occur in modern warfare has often been described. "Morale Bombing" also took place in the zoological gardens. The...

Thinking for oneself means: Seeking the touchstone of truth in one's own self. In his essay "What does it mean to orient oneself in thinking?" from...

"Nothing can possibly be conceived in the world, which could be considered good without qualification, except a good will." Various egos are at work,...

A commentary on Aby Warburg’s Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, Panel B, Picture 9.