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Alexander Kluge

Alexander Kluge

Directing·1932–2026·86 films

Alexander Kluge (born 14 February 1932) was a German author, philosopher, academic and film director.…

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As Director

Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn (1978)
Yesterday Girl
Yesterday Girl (1967)
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968)
Brutality in Stone
Brutality in Stone (1961)
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)
The Big Mess
The Big Mess (1971)
Strongman Ferdinand
Strongman Ferdinand (1976)
The Patriotic Woman
The Patriotic Woman (1979)
Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet
Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet (1972)
The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time
The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time (1985)
News from Ideological Antiquity - Marx/Eisenstein/The Capital
News from Ideological Antiquity - Marx/Eisenstein/The Capital (2008)
The Indomitable Leni Peickert
The Indomitable Leni Peickert (1970)
Miscellaneous News
Miscellaneous News (1986)
The Power of Emotion
The Power of Emotion (1983)
The Day Is Nigh
The Day Is Nigh (1997)
Spaceflight as an Internal Experience
Spaceflight as an Internal Experience (1999)
The Candidate
The Candidate (1980)
The Execution of an Elephant
The Execution of an Elephant (2000)
War and Peace
War and Peace (1982)
News from the 1966 Venice Film Festival
News from the 1966 Venice Film Festival (1966)
Lehrer im Wandel
Lehrer im Wandel (1963)
For Vertov
For Vertov (1998)
Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt
Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt (1967)
Cosmic Miniatures
Cosmic Miniatures (2024)
Orphea
Orphea (2021)
Mensch 2.0 – Die Evolution in unserer Hand
Mensch 2.0 – Die Evolution in unserer Hand (2012)
Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908
Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908 (1973)
Moby Dick – Godzilla – Fukushima
Moby Dick – Godzilla – Fukushima (2014)
A Doctor From Haberstadt
A Doctor From Haberstadt (1970)
Paper Tiger Television, New York
Paper Tiger Television, New York (1989)
16 Minute-films
16 Minute-films (2006)
La Habanera
La Habanera (2006)
Planetary Man
Planetary Man (2024)
Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse
Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse (2010)
Zirkus, Richter’s Tango
Zirkus, Richter’s Tango (2021)
Happy Lamento
Happy Lamento (2018)
The Eiffel Tower, King Kong and the White Woman
The Eiffel Tower, King Kong and the White Woman (1988)
Light Veins
Light Veins (2014)
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film (2017)
Früchte des Vertrauens
Früchte des Vertrauens (2009)
La Paloma
La Paloma (2006)
Reason is a Balancing Animal
Reason is a Balancing Animal (2017)
Parsifal verlernen
Parsifal verlernen (2017)
Nachrichten vom Großen Krieg
Nachrichten vom Großen Krieg (2014)
An Experiment in Love
An Experiment in Love (1998)
Chicago in Time Lapse
Chicago in Time Lapse (1996)
Dancing with Pictures
Dancing with Pictures (2017)
Theorie der Erzählung
Theorie der Erzählung (2013)
In the Rock of Signs
In the Rock of Signs (2022)
Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen!
Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen! (2001)
Eomaia (Mother of the Dawn)
Eomaia (Mother of the Dawn) (2024)
The Poetic Power of Theory
The Poetic Power of Theory (2007)
Sam Remembers Papa Kong
Sam Remembers Papa Kong (2006)
Primitive Diversity
Primitive Diversity (2025)
Das Phänomen der Oper
Das Phänomen der Oper (2007)
Sergej Eisenstein Stages Alexander Newski (1938) and Wagner‘s Walküre (1940)
Sergej Eisenstein Stages Alexander Newski (1938) and Wagner‘s Walküre (1940) (2022)
An Opera That Sparked a Revolution
An Opera That Sparked a Revolution (2024)
Max Horkheimer – Philosopher and Sociologist
Max Horkheimer – Philosopher and Sociologist (2024)
Wild Night with Moon
Wild Night with Moon (1990)
Happy Root From Non-Identity
Happy Root From Non-Identity (2024)
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)
100 Years of the German Rhine
100 Years of the German Rhine (1998)
Ich war Hitlers Bodyguard
Ich war Hitlers Bodyguard (2000)
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)
Five Hours Parsifal in 90 Seconds
Five Hours Parsifal in 90 Seconds (1998)
Multiple Images for Five Projectors
Multiple Images for Five Projectors (2007)
Beginnings of Film Art
Beginnings of Film Art (2024)
String Cinema – Mathematical Minute Opera
String Cinema – Mathematical Minute Opera (2024)

As Actor

SnowwhiteRosered
SnowwhiteRosered (1991)Self
The Night of the Filmmakers
The Night of the Filmmakers (1995)Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020)Self (archive footage)
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers (2008)Self (uncredited)
The Klimperclown
The Klimperclown (2025)Self
Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias
Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias (2018)Self
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors (2022)Self
Nuits transparentes
Nuits transparentes (2011)
Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse
Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse (2010)Self
...Geist und ein wenig Glück
...Geist und ein wenig Glück (1965)Himself
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film (2017)Self
Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen Ausgang
Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen Ausgang (2002)Self
Dancing with Pictures
Dancing with Pictures (2017)Himself
Theorie der Erzählung
Theorie der Erzählung (2013)Himself
An Opera of the World
An Opera of the World (2017)Himself
On the Holy Spirit
On the Holy Spirit (2016)
Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen!
Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen! (2001)Self - Narrator (voice)
Adorno - Es gibt kein richtiges Leben im falschen
Adorno - Es gibt kein richtiges Leben im falschen (1989)Self
Die Erben von Papas Kino
Die Erben von Papas Kino (1968)
Finite and Infinite Games
Finite and Infinite GamesHimself
Ich war Hitlers Bodyguard
Ich war Hitlers Bodyguard (2000)
Multiple Images for Five Projectors
Multiple Images for Five Projectors (2007)Self

As Writer

Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn (1978)
Yesterday Girl
Yesterday Girl (1967)
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968)
Brutality in Stone
Brutality in Stone (1961)
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)
The Big Mess
The Big Mess (1971)
Strongman Ferdinand
Strongman Ferdinand (1976)
The Patriotic Woman
The Patriotic Woman (1979)
Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet
Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet (1972)
The Journey to Vienna
The Journey to Vienna (1973)
The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time
The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time (1985)
The Indomitable Leni Peickert
The Indomitable Leni Peickert (1970)
Miscellaneous News
Miscellaneous News (1986)
The Power of Emotion
The Power of Emotion (1983)
The Candidate
The Candidate (1980)
War and Peace
War and Peace (1982)
Lehrer im Wandel
Lehrer im Wandel (1963)
Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt
Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt (1967)
Orphea
Orphea (2021)
Mensch 2.0 – Die Evolution in unserer Hand
Mensch 2.0 – Die Evolution in unserer Hand (2012)
Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908
Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908 (1973)
A Doctor From Haberstadt
A Doctor From Haberstadt (1970)
Happy Lamento
Happy Lamento (2018)
Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen!
Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen! (2001)
Primitive Diversity
Primitive Diversity (2025)