Alexander Kluge Movies

  • 1961
    Thema Amore

    Thema Amore

    Thema Amore

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    Thema Amore
  • 2018
    We Philosophers from Eve’s Rib

    We Philosophers from Eve’s Rib

    We Philosophers from Eve’s Rib

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    Collage film regarding astronomy.

    We Philosophers from Eve’s Rib
  • 1989
    Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday

    Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday

    Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday

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    This portrait of Heiner Müller on the occasion of his 60th birthday is devoted for the most part to having Müller recount events and...

    Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday
  • 2005
    The Officer as a Philosopher

    The Officer as a Philosopher

    The Officer as a Philosopher

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    The Officer as a Philosopher
  • 2002
    N.Y. Ground Zero

    N.Y. Ground Zero

    N.Y. Ground Zero

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    Dusk at a construction site situated at the foot of where the Twin Towers once stood: "Public wounds heal slowly."

    N.Y. Ground Zero
  • 2018
    Der Zirkus kommt in die Stadt

    Der Zirkus kommt in die Stadt

    Der Zirkus kommt in die Stadt

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    Animatronics, elephants, puppets, politicians, and more juxtaposed using three screens.

    Der Zirkus kommt in die Stadt
  • 2006
    Sam Remembers Papa Kong

    Sam Remembers Papa Kong

    Sam Remembers Papa Kong

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    A monkey reminisces about King Kong

    Sam Remembers Papa Kong
  • 1979
    The Patriotic Woman

    The Patriotic Woman

    The Patriotic Woman

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    Gabi Teichert, a history teacher, is unhappy with the way history is portrayed in textbooks and is looking for an alternative, more practical...

    The Patriotic Woman
  • 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)

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    Kluge compares with three screens with clips, stills, storyboards of the two works.

    Sergej Eisenstein Stages Alexander Newski (1938) and Wagner‘s Walküre (1940)
  • 1995
    Queen of Hearts on Judgment Day

    Queen of Hearts on Judgment Day

    Queen of Hearts on Judgment Day

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    The horizon of this conversation is marked by Müller's personal memories, reflections about ongoing themes in his work, thoughts about his...

    Queen of Hearts on Judgment Day
  • 2017
    An Opera of the World

    An Opera of the World

    An Opera of the World

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    In An Opera of the World, Malian scholar and filmmaker Manthia Diawara reflects upon the refugee crisis and the relationship between Europe and...

    An Opera of the World
  • 1986
    Miscellaneous News

    Miscellaneous News

    Miscellaneous News

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    A drama that strings together vignettes of events taken from everyday newspaper headlines. Germans are shown in their reactions to World War II,...

    Miscellaneous News
  • 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
  • 1990
    Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by

    Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by

    Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by

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    In this interview Müller and Kluge explore the East German’s memories of the final days of the war. The session is introduced by a clip...

    Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by
  • 1995
    My Rendezvous with Death

    My Rendezvous with Death

    My Rendezvous with Death

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    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
  • 2017
    Der Gärtner von Nürnberg

    Der Gärtner von Nürnberg

    Der Gärtner von Nürnberg

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    Der Gärtner von Nürnberg
  • 2025
    Primitive Diversity

    Primitive Diversity

    Primitive Diversity

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    Thanks to technological developments, film has been through many transformations. Now, with the development of Artificial Intelligence another...

    Primitive Diversity
  • 2017
    Dancing with Pictures

    Dancing with Pictures

    Dancing with Pictures

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    Anselm Kiefer is one of the most important painters of the present, Alexander Kluge's television interviews are legendary. Over several years, the...

    Dancing with Pictures
  • 1990
    Wild Night with Moon

    Wild Night with Moon

    Wild Night with Moon

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    Paul Klee and Walter Benjamin described an "angel of history." The heavy gale blowing in from paradise propels this angel into the future. The movie...

    Wild Night with Moon
  • 2018
    Happy Lamento

    Happy Lamento

    Happy Lamento

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    On the one hand, the beyond-Tropicália surreal, wild, ecstatic universe of Khavn de la Cruz, the Philippines’ internationally most...

    Happy Lamento