Alexander Kluge Movies

2006
La Habanera
La Habanera
02006HD
A short by Alexander Kluge.
2021
Hommage zu Manoel de Oliveiras Film-Oper Os Canibais
Hommage zu Manoel de Oliveiras Film-Oper Os Canibais
02021HD
Alexander Kluge's avant-garde hommage to Manoel de Oliveira's surreal opera-musical film "The Cannibals".
1992
"I Confess!" Day-Trip Shopping Excursion
"I Confess!" Day-Trip Shopping Excursion
01992HD
An officer of the Stasi (East German secret police) on a special mission ("OibE") reveals all about his experiences during the crisis of October and...
2007
The Safety of the President
The Safety of the President
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How does one protect a US president? How dangerous is the situation when, for example, the president holds a speech in Tbilisi which could provoke...
2008
The Time That Must Pass Before the Audience Takes an Initiative
The Time That Must Pass Before the Audience Takes an Initiative
02008HD
A reading by Alexander Kluge.
2007
Megastars of the Art of Love
Megastars of the Art of Love
02007HD
Oiran were the beautiful and educated courtesans of Edo, the capital of the Japanses Shogun; the city which is now called Tokyo. In her feature film...
1990
Heiner Müller on Legal Questions
Heiner Müller on Legal Questions
01990HD
"The metaphor is cleverer than the author" (Lichtenberg), a "screen," an "instrument for bundling" (Müller), because "everything changes so...
2006
The Greatest Treasure of Evolution
The Greatest Treasure of Evolution
02006HD
The domain of love is intimacy. It orients itself on the individual and the specific. At the same time, it is in fact less individual than one might...
1992
"The Screeching Sound of Power as Soon as it Puts on the Brakes"
"The Screeching Sound of Power as Soon as it Puts on the Brakes"
01992HD
Images from the Versailles summit in 1982 and from the summit at the Munich Residence in 1992: The leaders and their men. Also, images from the "hot...
2008
Evolution in the Universe
Evolution in the Universe
02008HD
In antiquity, a mariner or hunter could identify 6000 stars with his naked eye. Modern astrophysics now researches trillions of stars, galaxies and...
1991
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...
2019
Veränderung ist das Salz des Vergnügens
Veränderung ist das Salz des Vergnügens
02019HD
Documentary short about the stage play "Wessis in Weimar"
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.
1973
Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908
Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908
91973HD
Alice Schneider redecorates her house.
2007
The Deterrent
The Deterrent
02007HD
The G8 Summit in Heiligendamm presented the security organizers with immense problems. The seaward boundary posed a particular risk. Hans-Erich...
1996
Bleib steh'n, Wanderer, und lies
Bleib steh'n, Wanderer, und lies
01996HD
With Durs Grünbein The Dresden poet Durs Grünbein published a book entitled "To the Dear Dead: 33 Epitaphs." It enlisted the use of an...
2017
Dancing with Pictures
Dancing with Pictures
02017HD
Anselm Kiefer is one of the most important painters of the present, Alexander Kluge's television interviews are legendary. Over several years, the...
2024
Eomaia (Mother of the Dawn)
Eomaia (Mother of the Dawn)
02024HD
An homage to Francis Bacon and Georg Baselitz.
1998
I Come Every Morning for Sex
I Come Every Morning for Sex
01998HD
He is a music pirate, that is, he makes illegal recordings of underground music groups and sells them on the streets of New York. Cyd is the call...
2006
On Laughing and Walking Upright
On Laughing and Walking Upright
02006HD
The faces of humans and monkeys have 50 muscles. They are necessary for facial expression, laughing, and crying: 60 million years of evolution were...