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Alexander Kluge

Personal Info

Known ForDirecting
Born1932-02-14
BirthplaceHalberstadt, Germany
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Alexander Kluge

Directing

Biography

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.

Notable Works

Prominent titles featuring Alexander Kluge

The Tiger of Eschnapur
6.3
View The Tiger of Eschnapur
The Tiger of Eschnapur
1959
The Indian Tomb
6.1
View The Indian Tomb
The Indian Tomb
1959
Germany in Autumn
6.4
View Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn
1978
Yesterday Girl
6.5
View Yesterday Girl
Yesterday Girl
1967
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed
5.8
View Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed
1968
Brutality in Stone
7.1
View Brutality in Stone
Brutality in Stone
1961
In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death
5.0
View 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
5.9
View Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave
Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave
1973

Filmography

Acting (26)

2025
The Klimperclownas Self
6.0
2022
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregorsas Self
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperadoas Self (archive footage)
7.7
2018
Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopiasas Self
5.5
2017
Werner Nekes - Life Between the Picturesas Self
5.5
2017
An Opera of the Worldas Himself
2017
Dancing with Picturesas Himself
2017
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Filmas Self
2016
On the Holy Spirit
2013
Theorie der Erzählungas Himself
2011
Nuits transparentes
2010
Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horseas Self
2008
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakersas Self (uncredited)
6.7
2007
Multiple Images for Five Projectorsas Self
2002
Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen Ausgangas Self
2001
Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen!as Self - Narrator (voice)
2000
Ich war Hitlers Bodyguard
1995
The Night of the Filmmakersas Self
6.3
1995
Ballad Journal No. 9: “Cold Death Interrupts Love”
1991
SnowwhiteRoseredas Self
6.0
1989
The Heart and the Legsas Self
1989
Adorno - Es gibt kein richtiges Leben im falschenas Self
1970
Reform Circus
1968
Die Erben von Papas Kino
1965
...Geist und ein wenig Glückas Himself
—
Finite and Infinite Gamesas Himself

Production & Directing (330)

2026
Auf Messers Schneide: das Jahr 1929Director
2026
Auf Messers Schneide: das Jahr 1929Producer
2026
Auf Messers Schneide: das Jahr 1929Screenplay
2026
Heterotopie der OperDirector
2026
Utopie der OperDirector
2026
Die Liebe stört der kalte TodDirector of Photography
2026
Die Liebe stört der kalte TodEditor
2026
Die Liebe stört der kalte TodDirector
2025
Primitive DiversityDirector
2025
Primitive DiversityWriter
2025
Primitive DiversityProducer
2025
Primitive DiversityEditor
2025
Primitive DiversitySound Designer
2025
Primitive DiversityDirector of Photography
2025
Primitive DiversityProduction Design
2024
Beginnings of Film ArtDirector
2024
An Opera That Sparked a RevolutionDirector
2024
Attack on a Thick Glass DoorDirector
2024
Eomaia (Mother of the Dawn)Director
2024
Planetary ManDirector
2024
String Cinema – Mathematical Minute OperaDirector
2024
Happy Root From Non-IdentityDirector
2024
Max Horkheimer – Philosopher and SociologistDirector
2024
Cosmic MiniaturesDirector
3.0
2023
Lied der MedeaDirector
2023
Lied der MedeaProducer
2023
Lied der MedeaScreenplay
2022
Sergej Eisenstein Stages Alexander Newski (1938) and Wagner‘s Walküre (1940)Director
2022
In the Rock of SignsDirector
2021
Hommage zu Manoel de Oliveiras Film-Oper Os CanibaisDirector
2021
OrpheaDirector
4.0
2021
OrpheaProducer
4.0
2021
OrpheaWriter
4.0
2021
Zirkus, Richter’s TangoDirector
2020
Werewolves PlayoffsDirector
2020
The Leaks of VeniceProducer
2020
The Mammoth’s Homecoming, a Composition of Th. W. Adorno in the Year 1941Director
2020
Die Festwagen der Großen Französischen RevolutionDirector
2020
Die Festwagen der Großen Französischen RevolutionProducer
2020
Die Festwagen der Großen Französischen RevolutionWriter
2020
Trump State VisitDirector
2020
Trump State VisitProducer
2020
Trump State VisitWriter
2019
Veränderung ist das Salz des VergnügensDirector
2019
Bodenhaftung, Hautnähe, Lot zum ErdmittelpunktDirector
2019
Bodenhaftung, Hautnähe, Lot zum ErdmittelpunktProducer
2019
Bodenhaftung, Hautnähe, Lot zum ErdmittelpunktScreenplay
2018
Der Zirkus kommt in die StadtDirector
2018
Der Zirkus kommt in die StadtProducer
2018
Der Zirkus kommt in die StadtWriter
2018
Happy LamentoDirector
2018
Happy LamentoScreenplay
2018
The Revolution is a Creature Full of SurprisesDirector
2018
We Philosophers from Eve’s RibDirector
2018
Zirkus im KriegDirector
2018
Zirkus im KriegProducer
2018
Zirkus im KriegWriter
2017
Parsifal verlernenDirector
2017
Dancing with PicturesDirector
2017
Mehrfachbilder Vielfalt Fuenfalt ohne blaues EndeDirector
2017
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a FilmDirector
2017
Reason is a Balancing AnimalDirector
2017
Der Gärtner von NürnbergDirector
2017
Der Gärtner von NürnbergScreenplay
2017
Der Gärtner von NürnbergProducer
2015
Fassbinder's FuneralDirector
2015
"They killed our friends..."Director
2015
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, wo sind sie geblieben?Director
2015
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, wo sind sie geblieben?Producer
2015
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, wo sind sie geblieben?Screenplay
2014
Nachrichten vom Großen KriegDirector
2014
Light VeinsDirector
2014
Moby Dick – Godzilla – FukushimaDirector
10.0
2013
Theorie der ErzählungDirector
2012
Rigor Was His Mark of QualityDirector
2012
Mensch 2.0 – Die Evolution in unserer HandDirector
6.0
2012
Mensch 2.0 – Die Evolution in unserer HandWriter
6.0
2012
Pretty Woman and other stories, a film with Alexander KlugeDirector
2011
Als die Himmel noch miteinander sprachenDirector
2010
Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horseDirector
2009
Früchte des VertrauensDirector
2009
Der Deutschland-KomplexDirector
2008
Das Prinzip Stadt. Oskar Negt über die "Stadt in uns"Director
2008
News from Ideological Antiquity - Marx/Eisenstein/The CapitalDirector
6.8
2008
FifiDirector
2008
The Siamese HandsDirector
2008
Sense below the SenseDirector
2008
Headless ManDirector
2008
The Time That Must Pass Before the Audience Takes an InitiativeDirector
2008
RaubengelDirector
2008
Who Am "I"? Peer GyntDirector
2008
Evolution in the UniverseDirector
2008
Man is the Soft TargetDirector
2008
Weltmacht Staub. Hartmut Bitomsky über einen unbesiegbaren Zustand der MaterieDirector
2007
Multiple Images for Five ProjectorsDirector
2007
What Does "Good Will" Mean?Director
2007
The Safety of the PresidentDirector
2007
The Bridge CrosserDirector
2007
The Gentle Makeup of Light New 65 mm minute shortsDirector
2007
The Car is your Second SkinDirector
2007
Megastars of the Art of LoveDirector
2007
The Magical World of EvolutionDirector
2007
The DeterrentDirector
2007
War is the End of all PlansDirector
2007
I Lived for my ArtDirector
2007
"The Burning Giraffe"Director
2007
"50 Knuckles of Pork is About Right"Director
2007
Love Makes You Perceptive!Director
2007
Das Phänomen der OperDirector
2007
The Poetic Power of TheoryDirector
2007
Mein Jahrhundert, mein Tier!Director
2007
Im Sturm der Zeit - Facts & FakesDirector
2007
The Magic of the Darkened SoulDirector
2007
The Opera DoctorDirector
2006
On Laughing and Walking UprightDirector
2006
Flexible MemoryDirector
2006
Serpentine Gallery ProgramDirector
2006
Borderline Cases of Damage ControlDirector
2006
Primal Ocean and Snowball EarthDirector
2006
16 Minute-filmsDirector
2006
The Greatest Treasure of EvolutionDirector
2006
Sad NewsDirector
2006
Das gab’s nur einmalDirector
2006
La HabaneraDirector
2006
Storm Over EgyptDirector
2006
The Deadly TriangleDirector
2006
The Trickiness of Peace TreatiesDirector
2006
Nach jedem Untergang kommt ein DampferDirector
2006
From 9 a.m. to Early the Next Morning Columbus Sailed Straight Ahead WestwardsDirector
2006
Die Frau auf dem SchlachtfeldWriter
6.0
2006
Die Frau auf dem SchlachtfeldDirector
6.0
2006
La PalomaDirector
2006
Sam Remembers Papa KongDirector
2005
"Surplus Value" & its ImagesDirector
2005
As a Military Judge in November 1918Director
2005
Thinking for OneselfDirector
2005
Women as WarriorsDirector
2005
The Black Market of LoveDirector
2005
The Moon Has RisenDirector
2005
The Officer as a PhilosopherDirector
2004
Freedom for the Consonants!Director
2004
A Tear for Every Drop of BloodDirector
2004
A Tear for Every Drop of BloodWriter
2003
Only Cans Were SavedDirector
2003
First the Music, then the WordsDirector
2003
Rette sich, wer kannDirector
2003
Der Untergang der TitanicDirector
2003
A Woman Like a VolcanoDirector
2002
Nur Gott hat zugesehenDirector
2002
What is War?Director
2002
Darklings Sing BassDirector
2002
N.Y. Ground ZeroDirector
2002
A Farewell to the Secure Side of LifeDirector
2001
The Holding of Skulls is not My Thing!Director
2001
Dance on the VolcanoDirector
2001
The Kiss of DeathDirector
2001
True Love on the FrontDirector
2001
"Love Pain Like Mute Fish"Director
2001
Attention: Total Loss!Director
2001
The Flexible EntrepreneurDirector
2001
Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen!Director
2001
Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen!Idea
2001
Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen!Producer
2000
The Sahara Became SwamplandDirector
2000
August 1914Director
2000
Ich war Hitlers BodyguardDirector
2000
The Execution of an ElephantDirector
5.3
1999
The DelugeDirector
1999
"With all the Wealth of my Needs"Director
1999
Spaceflight as an Internal ExperienceDirector
5.2
1999
Postheroic ManagementDirector
1999
Nietzsches fröhliche WissenschaftDirector
1999
Snapshots for my FiancéDirector
1999
My Love is Deeper than the SeaDirector
1999
The Belshazzar ProjectDirector
1999
He Who Hopes, Dies SingingDirector
1998
Desire that Rules the WorldDirector
1998
Ort und zeit ohne grund ist gewaltDirector
1998
An Experiment in LoveDirector
1998
The Mute Girl of PorticiDirector
1998
Happy EasterDirector
1998
I Come Every Morning for SexDirector
1998
Learning Processes with a Deadly OutcomeDirector
1998
Neonröhren des HimmelsDirector
1998
100 Years of the German RhineDirector
1998
Der schwedische MozartDirector
1998
For VertovDirector
6.5
1998
Five Hours Parsifal in 90 SecondsDirector
1998
Five Hours Parsifal in 90 SecondsProducer
1998
"Of which we cannot speak we must sing!"Director
1997
The Poet as Metaphor SlingshotDirector
1997
High on WorkDirector
1997
The Day Is NighDirector
4.5
1996
Bleib steh'n, Wanderer, und liesDirector
1996
"The Wind Will Clean It Off"Director
1996
Epic Theater & Post-heroic ManagementDirector
1996
Heiner Müller in Time FlightDirector
1996
He Who Smokes Looks Cold-BloodedDirector
1996
Chicago in Time LapseDirector
1996
Engine CoughDirector
1995
Camp MoneyDirector
1995
Zoo Animals in WarDirector
1995
Queen of Hearts on Judgment DayDirector
1995
On the Way to a Theater of DarknessesDirector
1995
The Voice of the PlaywrightDirector
1995
Omnivore DemocracyDirector
1995
Love as PassionDirector
1995
My Rendezvous with DeathDirector
1995
Ballad Journal No. 9: “Cold Death Interrupts Love”Director
1994
Woher stammt das Lied "Die Fahne hoch"?Director
1994
The World is Not Bad, but FullDirector
1994
I Owe the World a Dead PersonDirector
1994
Die Rache der betrogenen BrautDirector
1994
Die neun UnzertrennlichenDirector
1994
Under the Sign of MarsDirector
1994
Solange die Notenblätter reichenDirector
1994
"80,000 Operas!"Director
1993
Anti-OperaDirector
1993
The Death of SenecaDirector
1993
Plowshare of EvilDirector
1993
Rule a Great Country as You Would Fry Small FishDirector
1993
The Last of the MohicansDirector
1993
Mind, Power, CastrationDirector
1992
"The Screeching Sound of Power as Soon as it Puts on the Brakes"Director
1992
"I Confess!" Day-Trip Shopping ExcursionDirector
1992
Frederick of PrussiaDirector
1992
Soprano versus BassDirector
1991
“Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”Director
1991
Every Frozen Structure has its AcademyDirector
1991
Soviet Patriots of 1941Director
1991
Rome, as Far Away as the MoonDirector
1990
Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre AnfängeDirector
1990
Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre AnfängeWriter
1990
Heiner Müller on Legal QuestionsDirector
1990
Darwin and the TankDirector
1990
Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing byDirector
1990
Wild Night with MoonDirector
1990
Richard Wagner and the Law of Ruin Value in MusicDirector
1989
Conversation with Heiner Müller in GarathDirector
1989
Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th BirthdayDirector
1989
Paper Tiger Television, New YorkDirector
6.0
1988
The Eiffel Tower, King Kong and the White WomanDirector
1988
The Pilot's SongDirector
1988
The Death of LucretiaDirector
1988
Die Guillotine oder die Kategorie der PlötzlichkeitDirector
1988
Antiques of AdvertisingDirector
1988
Madame Butterfly WaitsDirector
1988
Why Are You Crying, Antonio?Director
1988
JapanclipsDirector
1988
Blue Hour Tango TimeDirector
1988
Changing Time (Quickly)Director
1988
The African Lady, or Love with a Fatal OutcomeDirector
1986
Miscellaneous NewsDirector
3.8
1986
Miscellaneous NewsWriter
3.8
1985
The Assault of the Present on the Rest of TimeDirector
6.4
1985
The Assault of the Present on the Rest of TimeWriter
6.4
1983
Biermann-FilmDirector
9.0
1983
Looking for a Practical and Realistic BehaviourDirector
6.3
1983
Looking for a Practical and Realistic BehaviourWriter
6.3
1983
The Power of EmotionDirector
4.8
1983
The Power of EmotionWriter
4.8
1982
War and PeaceWriter
4.5
1982
War and PeaceDirector
4.5
1980
The CandidateWriter
6.0
1980
The CandidateDirector
6.0
1979
The Patriotic WomanWriter
7.1
1979
The Patriotic WomanDirector
7.1
1978
Germany in AutumnDirector
6.4
1978
Germany in AutumnScreenplay
6.4
1977
People Preparing the Staufer AnniversaryDirector
6.3
1977
People Preparing the Staufer AnniversaryWriter
6.3
1977
Nachrichten von den StaufernWriter
10.0
1977
Nachrichten von den StaufernDirector
10.0
1976
Strongman FerdinandDirector
6.0
1976
Strongman FerdinandWriter
6.0
1974
In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to DeathDirector
5.0
1974
In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to DeathWriter
5.0
1973
Part-Time Work of a Domestic SlaveDirector
5.9
1973
Part-Time Work of a Domestic SlaveWriter
5.9
1973
The Journey to ViennaWriter
5.2
1973
Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908Writer
9.0
1973
Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908Director
9.0
1972
Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th FleetDirector
5.9
1972
Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th FleetWriter
5.9
1971
The Big MessWriter
7.0
1971
The Big MessDirector
7.0
1970
The Indomitable Leni PeickertDirector
6.0
1970
The Indomitable Leni PeickertWriter
6.0
1970
Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus' bei Antonio Labriola (1843-1904)Producer
1970
A Doctor From HaberstadtWriter
7.0
1970
A Doctor From HaberstadtDirector
7.0
1968
Artists Under the Big Top: PerplexedDirector
5.8
1968
Artists Under the Big Top: PerplexedWriter
5.8
1968
Artists Under the Big Top: PerplexedProducer
5.8
1968
E. A. Winterstein, Fire ExtinguisherDirector
6.0
1968
E. A. Winterstein, Fire ExtinguisherWriter
6.0
1967
Yesterday GirlDirector
6.5
1967
Yesterday GirlWriter
6.5
1967
Yesterday GirlProducer
6.5
1967
Yesterday GirlShort Story
6.5
1967
Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmtDirector
7.5
1967
Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmtWriter
7.5
1966
News from the 1966 Venice Film FestivalDirector
7.5
1966
A Poker GameEditor
1966
A Poker GameDirector
1965
Policeman's LotDirector
8.7
1965
Policeman's LotWriter
8.7
1964
Portrait d'une mise à l'épreuveDirector
1963
Protocol of a RevolutionDirector
1963
Protocol of a RevolutionWriter
1963
Lehrer im WandelDirector
7.5
1963
Lehrer im WandelWriter
7.5
1961
Brutality in StoneDirector
7.1
1961
Brutality in StoneWriter
7.1
1961
Brutality in StoneProducer
7.1
1961
RennenDirector
7.5
1961
Thema AmoreDirector
1961
Thema AmoreWriter
1961
RennfahrerProducer
1961
RennfahrerDirector
1959
The Indian TombAssistant Director
6.1
1959
The Tiger of EschnapurAssistant Director
6.3
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At Work in the Ruins of MoralityDirector
—
Rettung vor dem Tode / 4000 Jahre Liebe / Rettet Liebe vor dem Tode?Director
—
Über Unterschiede beim Sprechen: 20 BeispieleDirector
—
Spinoza und die Modi GottesDirector
—
Love in a spacesuitDirector
—
The most beautiful treasure of evolutionDirector
—
Amok. Das Ende der EinfühlungDirector
—
Clinton's Chief EconomistDirector