Alexander Kluge Movies

  • 1961
    Brutality in Stone

    Brutality in Stone

    Brutality in Stone

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    In his experimental short film "Brutalität in Stein" (Brutality in Stone), Alexander Kluge demonstrates how Nazi architecture used dimensions of...

    Brutality in Stone
  • 2015

    "They killed our friends..."

    "They killed our friends..."

    02015HD

    Peter Berling on Fassbinder and the RAF movement "They killed our friends..."

  • 1994
    The World is Not Bad, but Full

    The World is Not Bad, but Full

    The World is Not Bad, but Full

    01994HD

    The central topic of the interview is the ancient concept of a necessary balance between the dead and the living, which also assumes the notion of a...

    The World is Not Bad, but Full
  • 1977
    People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary

    People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary

    People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary

    6.21977HD

    Alexander Kluge documents the preparations for an exhibition on the Staufer dynasty.

    People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary
  • 1970
    A Doctor From Haberstadt

    A Doctor From Haberstadt

    A Doctor From Haberstadt

    71970HD

    Alexander Kluge follows his father, a doctor, in his daily activity.

    A Doctor From Haberstadt
  • 1994
    Under the Sign of Mars

    Under the Sign of Mars

    Under the Sign of Mars

    01994HD

    This "music magazine" is a montage of visually alienated historical film clips of tanks and soldiers (First and Second World War), pictorial...

    Under the Sign of Mars
  • 2017
    An Opera of the World

    An Opera of the World

    An Opera of the World

    02017HD

    In An Opera of the World, Malian scholar and filmmaker Manthia Diawara reflects upon the refugee crisis and the relationship between Europe and...

    An Opera of the World
  • 1995
    My Rendezvous with Death

    My Rendezvous with Death

    My Rendezvous with Death

    01995HD

    The title of the interview is from a line in a poem written by an American about the battle of Ypern in World War I: “My rendezvous with Death...

    My Rendezvous with Death
  • 1994
    I Owe the World a Dead Person

    I Owe the World a Dead Person

    I Owe the World a Dead Person

    01994HD

    In order to justify interpreting the Oresteia as a representation of the "birth of democracy" (P. Stein), one has to repress a lot, for example the...

    I Owe the World a Dead Person
  • 1963
    Protocol of a Revolution

    Protocol of a Revolution

    Protocol of a Revolution

    01963HD

    The story of a revolution in a Caribbean insular state.

    Protocol of a Revolution
  • 1970
    At Work in the Ruins of Morality

    At Work in the Ruins of Morality

    At Work in the Ruins of Morality

    01970HD

    Quoting from historian Tacitus' Annals, Alexander Kluge and Heiner Müller delve into the Roman Iron Age, talk about the modern style of Tacitus'...

    At Work in the Ruins of Morality
  • 1995
    On the Way to a Theater of Darknesses

    On the Way to a Theater of Darknesses

    On the Way to a Theater of Darknesses

    01995HD

    The conversation begins on the topic of Müller’s plans for new plays. Müller tells us that he has promised to write a libretto for...

    On the Way to a Theater of Darknesses
  • 1990
    Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre Anfänge

    Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre Anfänge

    Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre Anfänge

    01990HD

    Two-hour television documentary by Alexander Kluge and Meinhard Prill on the documentary filmmakers of the "Stuttgart school".

    Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre Anfänge
  • 1983
    Looking for a Practical and Realistic Behaviour

    Looking for a Practical and Realistic Behaviour

    Looking for a Practical and Realistic Behaviour

    6.31983HD

    The Cold War is peaking again in divided Germany in the early 1980s. How to deal with the upcoming nuclear annihilation shows this Alexander Kluge...

    Looking for a Practical and Realistic Behaviour
  • 2003
    A Woman Like a Volcano

    A Woman Like a Volcano

    A Woman Like a Volcano

    02003HD

    Finale No. 1 in Bellini's Masterpiece Norma

    A Woman Like a Volcano
  • 1998
    100 Years of the German Rhine

    100 Years of the German Rhine

    100 Years of the German Rhine

    01998HD

    A short by Alexander Kluge.

    100 Years of the German Rhine
  • 2006
    Sam Remembers Papa Kong

    Sam Remembers Papa Kong

    Sam Remembers Papa Kong

    02006HD

    A monkey reminisces about King Kong

    Sam Remembers Papa Kong
  • 2011
    Nuits transparentes

    Nuits transparentes

    Nuits transparentes

    02011HD

    Strolling through France (Roanne, Nice and Carcassonne) with some excursions abroad (Munich, Montreal, New York).

    Nuits transparentes
  • 2002
    N.Y. Ground Zero

    N.Y. Ground Zero

    N.Y. Ground Zero

    02002HD

    Dusk at a construction site situated at the foot of where the Twin Towers once stood: "Public wounds heal slowly."

    N.Y. Ground Zero
  • 2017
    Reason is a Balancing Animal

    Reason is a Balancing Animal

    Reason is a Balancing Animal

    02017HD

    Short collage film regarding the history of philosophy.

    Reason is a Balancing Animal