Alexander Kluge Movies

  • 1970
    Reform Circus

    Reform Circus

    Reform Circus

    01970HD

    A 1970 TV discussion with Alexander Kluge.

    Reform Circus
  • 1996
    Chicago in Time Lapse

    Chicago in Time Lapse

    Chicago in Time Lapse

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    "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...

    Chicago in Time Lapse
  • 2024
    An Opera That Sparked a Revolution

    An Opera That Sparked a Revolution

    An Opera That Sparked a Revolution

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    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...

    An Opera That Sparked a Revolution
  • 1994
    Under the Sign of Mars

    Under the Sign of Mars

    Under the Sign of Mars

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    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
  • 1963
    Lehrer im Wandel

    Lehrer im Wandel

    Lehrer im Wandel

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    Documentary short by Alexander Kluge about the role of teachers in history.

    Lehrer im Wandel
  • 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
  • 1991
    Rome, as Far Away as the Moon

    Rome, as Far Away as the Moon

    Rome, as Far Away as the Moon

    01991HD

    Movie scenes, montages of images and text, as well as conversations between Alexander Kluge, playwright Heiner Müller and classicist Wilfried...

    Rome, as Far Away as the Moon
  • 1997
    The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot

    The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot

    The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot

    01997HD

    The point of departure for this discussion is the question of whether the collapse of the Soviet Union is dramatic material. Müller answers with...

    The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot
  • 2018
    Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias

    Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias

    Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias

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    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...

    Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias
  • 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
  • 2002
    Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen Ausgang

    Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen Ausgang

    Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen Ausgang

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    A study of Alexander Kluge that also emulates his technique of seeking and linking. Kluge reads aloud, Kluge recounts, including stories from his...

    Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen Ausgang
  • 2014
    Moby Dick – Godzilla – Fukushima

    Moby Dick – Godzilla – Fukushima

    Moby Dick – Godzilla – Fukushima

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    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....

    Moby Dick – Godzilla – Fukushima
  • 1970
    Finite and Infinite Games

    Finite and Infinite Games

    Finite and Infinite Games

    01970HD

    Alexander Kluge, the legendary German theorist and writer, student under Adorno and Horkheimer, a lawyer for the Frankfurter Schule, and paramount...

    Finite and Infinite Games
  • 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
  • 1983
    The Power of Emotion

    The Power of Emotion

    The Power of Emotion

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    Emotions and feelings should not be confused with sentimentality. Emotion is ancient and more powerful than any artistic expression. The film...

    The Power of Emotion
  • 1988
    The Eiffel Tower, King Kong and the White Woman

    The Eiffel Tower, King Kong and the White Woman

    The Eiffel Tower, King Kong and the White Woman

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    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...

    The Eiffel Tower, King Kong and the White Woman
  • 1993
    Rule a Great Country as You Would Fry Small Fish

    Rule a Great Country as You Would Fry Small Fish

    Rule a Great Country as You Would Fry Small Fish

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    Rule a Great Country as You Would Fry Small Fish
  • 1977
    People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary

    People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary

    People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary

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

    People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary
  • 2022
    Sergej Eisenstein Stages Alexander Newski (1938) and Wagner‘s Walküre (1940)

    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.

    Sergej Eisenstein Stages Alexander Newski (1938) and Wagner‘s Walküre (1940)
  • 2018
    We Philosophers from Eve’s Rib

    We Philosophers from Eve’s Rib

    We Philosophers from Eve’s Rib

    02018HD

    Collage film regarding astronomy.

    We Philosophers from Eve’s Rib