Alexander Kluge Movies

  • 1993
    Rule a Great Country as You Would Fry Small Fish

    Rule a Great Country as You Would Fry Small Fish

    Rule a Great Country as You Would Fry Small Fish

    01993HD

    Rule a Great Country as You Would Fry Small Fish
  • 2013
    Theorie der Erzählung

    Theorie der Erzählung

    Theorie der Erzählung

    02013HD

    Alexander Kluge's 2012 Frankfurt lectures on poetics.

    Theorie der Erzählung
  • 2008
    Raubengel

    Raubengel

    Raubengel

    02008HD

    A reading by Alexander Kluge.

    Raubengel
  • 2006
    From 9 a.m. to Early the Next Morning Columbus Sailed Straight Ahead Westwards

    From 9 a.m. to Early the Next Morning Columbus Sailed Straight Ahead Westwards

    From 9 a.m. to Early the Next Morning Columbus Sailed Straight Ahead Westwards

    02006HD

    A short by Alexander Kluge.

    From 9 a.m. to Early the Next Morning Columbus Sailed Straight Ahead Westwards
  • 2008
    Sense below the Sense

    Sense below the Sense

    Sense below the Sense

    02008HD

    Not unlike reindeer there was something in these people - yet not what they wanted or intended - that was more intelligent than them. There is no...

    Sense below the Sense
  • 1998
    Der schwedische Mozart

    Der schwedische Mozart

    Der schwedische Mozart

    01998HD

    A short about the German composer and royal bandmaster Joseph Martin Kraus, often nicknamed ‘the Swedish Mozart’. A young man is seen...

    Der schwedische Mozart
  • 2007
    The Car is your Second Skin

    The Car is your Second Skin

    The Car is your Second Skin

    02007HD

    For those who take part in motor racing, it is incomprehensible that, for example, horse riding is a medal sport at the Olympics, but for racing...

    The Car is your Second Skin
  • 2006
    The Deadly Triangle

    The Deadly Triangle

    The Deadly Triangle

    02006HD

    A short film by Alexander Kluge.

    The Deadly Triangle
  • 2004
    Freedom for the Consonants!

    Freedom for the Consonants!

    Freedom for the Consonants!

    02004HD

    There is public debate as to whether we should return to the old German orthography established by the Duden dictionary in 1991, or insist on...

    Freedom for the Consonants!
  • 2007
    The Bridge Crosser

    The Bridge Crosser

    The Bridge Crosser

    02007HD

    Fred Peickert lost his job in one of the new eastern German states. Ever since, he's been in a holding pattern, waiting for vocational...

    The Bridge Crosser
  • 1988
    Madame Butterfly Waits

    Madame Butterfly Waits

    Madame Butterfly Waits

    01988HD

    Themes of 19th century opera are reprised and enacted in silent movies and old postcards. The program begins with a contemporary executive reenacting...

    Madame Butterfly Waits
  • 1994

    "80,000 Operas!"

    "80,000 Operas!"

    01994HD

    All the operas put together (and there are a total of 80,000 in the history of opera) form one single score. They accompany the past 400 years of...

  • 2007
    The Magical World of Evolution

    The Magical World of Evolution

    The Magical World of Evolution

    02007HD

    The DNA of animals and humans are among the most cutting-edge products of evolution. In living bodies, it occurs folded up and in condensed...

    The Magical World of Evolution
  • 1988
    The Death of Lucretia

    The Death of Lucretia

    The Death of Lucretia

    01988HD

    Many of the greatest dramas feature a young woman who, trapped in the fatal triangle formed by the father, daughter and seducer, is killed. But there...

    The Death of Lucretia
  • 1970
    Love in a spacesuit

    Love in a spacesuit

    Love in a spacesuit

    01970HD

    It's said that love is blind. The truth is: Love makes you perceptive. Love stories are fundamental stories. In this realm of experience, we can test...

    Love in a spacesuit
  • 1998
    Neonröhren des Himmels

    Neonröhren des Himmels

    Neonröhren des Himmels

    01998HD

    A short film by Alexander Kluge.

    Neonröhren des Himmels
  • 1999
    Nietzsches fröhliche Wissenschaft

    Nietzsches fröhliche Wissenschaft

    Nietzsches fröhliche Wissenschaft

    01999HD

    For a long time, Friedrich Nietzsche shared a young Russian woman with his best friend Paul Rée: Lou Andreas-Salomé. When they met, he...

    Nietzsches fröhliche Wissenschaft
  • 2006
    Borderline Cases of Damage Control

    Borderline Cases of Damage Control

    Borderline Cases of Damage Control

    02006HD

    Falling debris from space poses a danger to aircraft for which valid insurance policies have been taken out. Such cases as this are, among others,...

    Borderline Cases of Damage Control
  • 2009
    Früchte des Vertrauens

    Früchte des Vertrauens

    Früchte des Vertrauens

    02009HD

    Film by Alexander Kluge.

    Früchte des Vertrauens
  • 2002
    Darklings Sing Bass

    Darklings Sing Bass

    Darklings Sing Bass

    02002HD

    What is the difference between tenors, basses, sopranos, baritones, and altos in comparison to good and evil? The voice of the tenor cuts like a...

    Darklings Sing Bass