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Alexander Kluge

Halberstadt, GermanyBorn February 14, 1932

Alexander Kluge (born 14 February 1932) was a German author, philosopher, academic and film director. Kluge became known in the 1960s and 1970s as one of the most influential representatives of the New German Cinema, which he helped to establish and develop in theory and practice.

Filmography108

Primitive Diversity

Primitive Diversity

2025
Beginnings of Film Art

Beginnings of Film Art

2024
Attack on a Thick Glass Door

Attack on a Thick Glass Door

2024
Planetary Man

Planetary Man

2024
Eomaia (Mother of the Dawn)

Eomaia (Mother of the Dawn)

2024
Happy Root From Non-Identity

Happy Root From Non-Identity

2024
Max Horkheimer – Philosopher and Sociologist

Max Horkheimer – Philosopher and Sociologist

2024
Cosmic Miniatures

Cosmic Miniatures

2024
In the Rock of Signs

In the Rock of Signs

2022
Orphea

Orphea

2021
Zirkus, Richter’s Tango

Zirkus, Richter’s Tango

2021
Die Festwagen der Großen Französischen Revolution

Die Festwagen der Großen Französischen Revolution

2020
The Mammoth’s Homecoming, a Composition of Th. W. Adorno in the Year 1941

The Mammoth’s Homecoming, a Composition of Th. W. Adorno in the Year 1941

2020
Happy Lamento

Happy Lamento

2018
The Revolution is a Creature Full of Surprises

The Revolution is a Creature Full of Surprises

2018
We Philosophers from Eve’s Rib

We Philosophers from Eve’s Rib

2018
Dancing with Pictures

Dancing with Pictures

2017
Reason is a Balancing Animal

Reason is a Balancing Animal

2017
Mehrfachbilder Vielfalt Fuenfalt ohne blaues Ende

Mehrfachbilder Vielfalt Fuenfalt ohne blaues Ende

2017
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film

Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film

2017
"They killed our friends..."

"They killed our friends..."

2015
Fassbinder's Funeral

Fassbinder's Funeral

2015
Nachrichten vom Großen Krieg

Nachrichten vom Großen Krieg

2014
Moby Dick – Godzilla – Fukushima

Moby Dick – Godzilla – Fukushima

2014
Mensch 2.0 – Die Evolution in unserer Hand

Mensch 2.0 – Die Evolution in unserer Hand

2012
Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse

Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse

2010
Früchte des Vertrauens

Früchte des Vertrauens

2009
Der Deutschland-Komplex

Der Deutschland-Komplex

2009
News from Ideological Antiquity - Marx/Eisenstein/The Capital

News from Ideological Antiquity - Marx/Eisenstein/The Capital

2008
Raubengel

Raubengel

2008
The Time That Must Pass Before the Audience Takes an Initiative

The Time That Must Pass Before the Audience Takes an Initiative

2008
What Does "Good Will" Mean?

What Does "Good Will" Mean?

2007
"The Burning Giraffe"

"The Burning Giraffe"

2007
Das Phänomen der Oper

Das Phänomen der Oper

2007
Flexible Memory

Flexible Memory

2006
Nach jedem Untergang kommt ein Dampfer

Nach jedem Untergang kommt ein Dampfer

2006
Sam Remembers Papa Kong

Sam Remembers Papa Kong

2006
La Habanera

La Habanera

2006
Storm Over Egypt

Storm Over Egypt

2006
The Deadly Triangle

The Deadly Triangle

2006
The Officer as a Philosopher

The Officer as a Philosopher

2005
A Tear for Every Drop of Blood

A Tear for Every Drop of Blood

2004
First the Music, then the Words

First the Music, then the Words

2003
Rette sich, wer kann

Rette sich, wer kann

2003
A Woman Like a Volcano

A Woman Like a Volcano

2003
What is War?

What is War?

2002
N.Y. Ground Zero

N.Y. Ground Zero

2002
The Kiss of Death

The Kiss of Death

2001
The Deluge

The Deluge

1999
Spaceflight as an Internal Experience

Spaceflight as an Internal Experience

1999
Nietzsches fröhliche Wissenschaft

Nietzsches fröhliche Wissenschaft

1999
My Love is Deeper than the Sea

My Love is Deeper than the Sea

1999
The Belshazzar Project

The Belshazzar Project

1999
An Experiment in Love

An Experiment in Love

1998
Learning Processes with a Deadly Outcome

Learning Processes with a Deadly Outcome

1998
100 Years of the German Rhine

100 Years of the German Rhine

1998
Five Hours Parsifal in 90 Seconds

Five Hours Parsifal in 90 Seconds

1998
The Day Is Nigh

The Day Is Nigh

1997
Epic Theater & Post-heroic Management

Epic Theater & Post-heroic Management

1996
He Who Smokes Looks Cold-Blooded

He Who Smokes Looks Cold-Blooded

1996
Engine Cough

Engine Cough

1996
Chicago in Time Lapse

Chicago in Time Lapse

1996
On the Way to a Theater of Darknesses

On the Way to a Theater of Darknesses

1995
The Voice of the Playwright

The Voice of the Playwright

1995
My Rendezvous with Death

My Rendezvous with Death

1995
I Owe the World a Dead Person

I Owe the World a Dead Person

1994
Under the Sign of Mars

Under the Sign of Mars

1994
The Death of Seneca

The Death of Seneca

1993
Rule a Great Country as You Would Fry Small Fish

Rule a Great Country as You Would Fry Small Fish

1993
The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans

1993
"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"

1992
“Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”

“Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”

1991
Every Frozen Structure has its Academy

Every Frozen Structure has its Academy

1991
Rome, as Far Away as the Moon

Rome, as Far Away as the Moon

1991
Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre Anfänge

Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre Anfänge

1990
Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday

Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday

1989
The Eiffel Tower, King Kong and the White Woman

The Eiffel Tower, King Kong and the White Woman

1988
Why Are You Crying, Antonio?

Why Are You Crying, Antonio?

1988
Japanclips

Japanclips

1988
Miscellaneous News

Miscellaneous News

1986
The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time

The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time

1985
Biermann-Film

Biermann-Film

1983
Looking for a Practical and Realistic Behaviour

Looking for a Practical and Realistic Behaviour

1983
The Power of Emotion

The Power of Emotion

1983
War and Peace

War and Peace

1982
The Candidate

The Candidate

1980
The Patriotic Woman

The Patriotic Woman

1979
Germany in Autumn

Germany in Autumn

1978
People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary

People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary

1977
Nachrichten von den Staufern

Nachrichten von den Staufern

1977
Strongman Ferdinand

Strongman Ferdinand

1976
In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death

In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death

1974
Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave

Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave

1973
Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908

Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908

1973
Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet

Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet

1972
The Big Mess

The Big Mess

1971
The Indomitable Leni Peickert

The Indomitable Leni Peickert

1970
A Doctor From Haberstadt

A Doctor From Haberstadt

1970
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed

Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed

1968
E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher

E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher

1968
Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt

Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt

1967
Yesterday Girl

Yesterday Girl

1967
News from the 1966 Venice Film Festival

News from the 1966 Venice Film Festival

1966
Policeman's Lot

Policeman's Lot

1965
Protocol of a Revolution

Protocol of a Revolution

1963
Lehrer im Wandel

Lehrer im Wandel

1963
Brutality in Stone

Brutality in Stone

1961
Rennen

Rennen

1961

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10 vor 11

10 vor 11

1988