Alexander Kluge Movies

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

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

Short science fiction film with footage from Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte.

16 of Alexander Kluge's one-minute films.

At the time of the conversation Heiner Müller was the president of the Academy of Arts - East. At the beginning he describes his daily routine...

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...

A short by Alexander Kluge.

Combining fictional and documentary modes, the film takes a critical stance toward Frankfurt's public sphere and urban redevelopment. Despite the...

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...

Collage film regarding astronomy.

A monkey reminisces about King Kong

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

In this conversation, taking place shortly after the German reunification, Alexander Kluge and Heiner Müller discuss historical developments...

At 91 years of age, Alexander Kluge is solidly regarded as a trailblazing figure in New German Cinema and the avant-garde. He remains active and...

"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...

On Love’s Struggle through the Millennia. A chat between Alexander Kluge and Miriam Hansen through the prism of Griffith's INTOLERANCE.

Alexander Kluge reflects on the medieval Staufer dynasty and draws a line from Emperor Barbarossa to Operation Barbarossa.

Kluge’s short-film starring his sister/muse Alexandra.