Alexander Kluge Movies
- 2021
Orphea
Orphea42021HD
A reinvention of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in contemporary Manila as a rock musical.
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- 1999
He Who Hopes, Dies Singing
He Who Hopes, Dies Singing01999HD
Wer immer hofft stirbt singend is a bagatelle bordering on the burlesque, in which Kluge combines (historical) visual material and nostalgic images...
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- 1973
Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave
Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave61973HD
Roswitha runs an illegal abortion clinic in Frankfurt to support her student husband and children. When she is forced to close her practice she...
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- 2005
The Officer as a Philosopher
The Officer as a Philosopher02005HD
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- 2008
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike: Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike: Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital6.82008HD
Alexander Kluge’s News from Ideological Antiquity begins with Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein’s ambitious but unrealized plan to...
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- 2017
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film02017HD
A collaborative essay film regarding Fritz Lang.
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- 2017
Werner Nekes - Das Leben zwischen den Bildern
Werner Nekes - Das Leben zwischen den Bildern5.52017HD
In conversations with his friends and colleagues, among them Bernd Upnmoor, Helmut Herbst, Alexander Kluge, Klaus Wyborny, Daniel Kothenschulte and...
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- 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 194102020HD
Adorno is not just a theorist and philosopher, he was also a composer and student of Alban Berg in Vienna. The text of the short song goes:...
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- 2016
On the Holy Spirit
On the Holy Spirit02016HD
Alexander Kluge - October 22 2016
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- 2013
Theorie der Erzählung
Theorie der Erzählung02013HD
Alexander Kluge's 2012 Frankfurt lectures on poetics.
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- 1990
Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by
Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by01990HD
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...
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- 2007
Das Phänomen der Oper
Das Phänomen der Oper02007HD
People who do not have the patience or the opportunity to listen to all 86,000 operas that exist in the world need an opera guide. The opera guide is...
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- 1970
Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus' bei Antonio Labriola (1843-1904)
Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus' bei Antonio Labriola (1843-1904)01970HD
Straschek's film points to the gap between workers and intellectuals and describes the "difficulties of the revolution" in a biting and witty way.
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- 1974
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 Death5.11974HD
Combining fictional and documentary modes, the film takes a critical stance toward Frankfurt's public sphere and urban redevelopment. Despite the...
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- 1998
Learning Processes with a Deadly Outcome
Learning Processes with a Deadly Outcome01998HD
A short by Alexander Kluge.
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- 1989
The Heart and the Legs
The Heart and the Legs01989HD
The heart of the legs.
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- 2011
Nuits transparentes
Nuits transparentes02011HD
Strolling through France (Roanne, Nice and Carcassonne) with some excursions abroad (Munich, Montreal, New York).
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- 2006
The Trickiness of Peace Treaties
The Trickiness of Peace Treaties02006HD
A short by Alexander Kluge.
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- 1991
SnowwhiteRosered
SnowwhiteRosered5.71991HD
Documentary about the twin sister Jutta and Gisela Schmidt. In the late sixties the two women rebelled against middle class society as if they gave...
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- 1990
Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre Anfänge
Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre Anfänge01990HD
Two-hour television documentary by Alexander Kluge and Meinhard Prill on the documentary filmmakers of the "Stuttgart school".
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