Alexander Kluge Movies
- 1970
Reform Circus
Reform Circus01970HD
A 1970 TV discussion with Alexander Kluge.
- 1996
Chicago in Time Lapse
Chicago in Time Lapse01996HD
"At the beginning of the 19th century there is no Chicago. There was a fort that was set on fire by Indians shortly thereafter. Later, the turbulent...
- 2024
An Opera That Sparked a Revolution
An Opera That Sparked a Revolution02024HD
With pictures by James Ensor and Alexander Kluge. The opera The Mute Girl of Portici tells the story of a young mute woman in Naples who is seduced...
- 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...
- 1963
Lehrer im Wandel
Lehrer im Wandel61963HD
Documentary short by Alexander Kluge about the role of teachers in history.
- 1994
I Owe the World a Dead Person
I Owe the World a Dead Person01994HD
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...
- 1991
Rome, as Far Away as the Moon
Rome, as Far Away as the Moon01991HD
Movie scenes, montages of images and text, as well as conversations between Alexander Kluge, playwright Heiner Müller and classicist Wilfried...
- 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...
- 2018
Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias
Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias5.52018HD
For over half a century, the filmmaker Edgar Reitz, one of the signatories of the Oberhausen Manifesto and a pioneer of epic film narration, has...
- 1995
My Rendezvous with Death
My Rendezvous with Death01995HD
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...
- 2002
Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen Ausgang
Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen Ausgang02002HD
A study of Alexander Kluge that also emulates his technique of seeking and linking. Kluge reads aloud, Kluge recounts, including stories from his...
- 2014
Moby Dick – Godzilla – Fukushima
Moby Dick – Godzilla – Fukushima02014HD
In a timely precursor, this 40 minute talk sees Alexander Kluge and Joseph Vogl return to their customary roles. Kluge feigns the curious lay reader....
- 1970
Finite and Infinite Games
Finite and Infinite Games01970HD
Alexander Kluge, the legendary German theorist and writer, student under Adorno and Horkheimer, a lawyer for the Frankfurter Schule, and paramount...
- 1963
Protocol of a Revolution
Protocol of a Revolution01963HD
The story of a revolution in a Caribbean insular state.
- 1983
The Power of Emotion
The Power of Emotion3.71983HD
Emotions and feelings should not be confused with sentimentality. Emotion is ancient and more powerful than any artistic expression. The film...
- 1988
The Eiffel Tower, King Kong and the White Woman
The Eiffel Tower, King Kong and the White Woman01988HD
King Kong appears in various collages of a white cruise ship; meanwhile, a victory has been won and photographed in France in November 1918, and...
- 1993
Rule a Great Country as You Would Fry Small Fish
Rule a Great Country as You Would Fry Small Fish01993HD
- 1977
People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary
People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary5.31977HD
Alexander Kluge documents the preparations for an exhibition on the Staufer dynasty.
- 2022
Sergej Eisenstein Stages Alexander Newski (1938) and Wagner‘s Walküre (1940)
Sergej Eisenstein Stages Alexander Newski (1938) and Wagner‘s Walküre (1940)02022HD
Kluge compares with three screens with clips, stills, storyboards of the two works.
- 2018
We Philosophers from Eve’s Rib
We Philosophers from Eve’s Rib02018HD
Collage film regarding astronomy.