Alexander Kluge Movies
- 2018
The Revolution is a Creature Full of Surprises
The Revolution is a Creature Full of Surprises02018HD
Triptych collage film regarding the history of revolution.
- 1997
The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot
The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot01997HD
The point of departure for this discussion is the question of whether the collapse of the Soviet Union is dramatic material. Müller answers with...
- 1996
Heiner Müller in Time Flight
Heiner Müller in Time Flight01996HD
Müller describes Ovid's Metamorphoses, Golding's translation of which (1603) was one of Shakespeare's sources, as an encyclopedia of the Greek...
- 1990
Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre Anfänge
Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre Anfänge01990HD
Two-hour television documentary by Alexander Kluge and Meinhard Prill on the documentary filmmakers of the "Stuttgart school".
- 1963
Lehrer im Wandel
Lehrer im Wandel61963HD
Documentary short by Alexander Kluge about the role of teachers in history.
- 2020
The Mammoth’s Homecoming, a Composition of Th. W. Adorno in the Year 1941
The Mammoth’s Homecoming, a Composition of Th. W. Adorno in the Year 194102020HD
Adorno is not just a theorist and philosopher, he was also a composer and student of Alban Berg in Vienna. The text of the short song goes:...
- 2011
Als die Himmel noch miteinander sprachen
Als die Himmel noch miteinander sprachen02011HD
In late antiquity, the religions were not yet rigidly opposed to each other, so that Christian apocrypha, the Babylonian Talmund and the Koran reveal...
- 2006
Das gab’s nur einmal
Das gab’s nur einmal02006HD
A short by Alexander Kluge.
- 1995
Ballad Journal No. 9: “Cold Death Interrupts Love”
Ballad Journal No. 9: “Cold Death Interrupts Love”01995HD
Since German Classicism, it has become customary to translate extreme, emotional events into a ballad, a popular form of song. This ‘Balladen...
- 2024
Beginnings of Film Art
Beginnings of Film Art02024HD
Alexander Kluge reflects on Eadweard Muybridge's work and the first modern Olympics.
- 1995
On the Way to a Theater of Darknesses
On the Way to a Theater of Darknesses01995HD
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...
- 2024
Attack on a Thick Glass Door
Attack on a Thick Glass Door02024HD
A glass door prevents the occupation of a room.
- 1968
E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher
E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher51968HD
Kluge’s short-film starring his sister/muse Alexandra.
- 2012
Mensch 2.0 – Die Evolution in unserer Hand
Mensch 2.0 – Die Evolution in unserer Hand62012HD
- 1998
For Vertov
For Vertov6.51998HD
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...
- 2017
An Opera of the World
An Opera of the World02017HD
In An Opera of the World, Malian scholar and filmmaker Manthia Diawara reflects upon the refugee crisis and the relationship between Europe and...
- 2006
Sam Remembers Papa Kong
Sam Remembers Papa Kong02006HD
A monkey reminisces about King Kong
- 1993
Mind, Power, Castration
Mind, Power, Castration01993HD
Here Müller and Kluge explicitly address a theme that is latently present in many of their conversations: the relation of intellectuals to...
- 1996
Engine Cough
Engine Cough01996HD
A short film by Alexander Kluge.
- 1994
Under the Sign of Mars
Under the Sign of Mars01994HD
This "music magazine" is a montage of visually alienated historical film clips of tanks and soldiers (First and Second World War), pictorial...