Alexander Kluge Movies

  • 1999
    The Belshazzar Project

    The Belshazzar Project

    The Belshazzar Project

    01999HD

    Händel's opera about the "writing on the wall" in Babylon: Belshazzar, the young, haughty King of Babylon, uses the temple goblets of the Jews,...

    The Belshazzar Project
  • 2006
    Sad News

    Sad News

    Sad News

    02006HD

    A short film by Alexander Kluge.

    Sad News
  • 1970
    Reform Circus

    Reform Circus

    Reform Circus

    01970HD

    A 1970 TV discussion with Alexander Kluge.

    Reform Circus
  • 1999
    The Deluge

    The Deluge

    The Deluge

    01999HD

    Georges Bizet's "Noah," an opera in 5 acts. It tells of the events occurring immediately before the deluge and what triggered them. Bizet's...

    The Deluge
  • 1995
    Zoo Animals in War

    Zoo Animals in War

    Zoo Animals in War

    01995HD

    The way in which massacres occur in modern warfare has often been described. "Morale Bombing" also took place in the zoological gardens. The...

    Zoo Animals in War
  • 2007
    The Opera Doctor

    The Opera Doctor

    The Opera Doctor

    02007HD

    Dr. med. Josef Schlömicher-Thier is an otorhinolaryngologist working at the Salzburg Festival. He is particularly interested in the marvel of...

    The Opera Doctor
  • 2005
    The Black Market of Love

    The Black Market of Love

    The Black Market of Love

    02005HD

    Abbé Prévost wrote the most modern novel of the 18th century, "Manon Lescaut". A new currency appeared beside money, faith and reason:...

    The Black Market of Love
  • 1988
    Changing Time (Quickly)

    Changing Time (Quickly)

    Changing Time (Quickly)

    01988HD

    We see the celebration of New Year's Eve with fireworks in 1988, repeated exactly in 1923, in 1908, and in munitions explosions in 1812, as well as...

    Changing Time (Quickly)
  • 2006
    La Paloma

    La Paloma

    La Paloma

    02006HD

    A reference to the song of the same name, which carries the motif of "La Paloma" (the dove) and can be traced back to an episode that occurred in 492...

    La Paloma
  • 2006
    16 Minute-films

    16 Minute-films

    16 Minute-films

    02006HD

    16 of Alexander Kluge's one-minute films.

    16 Minute-films
  • 1995
    Camp Money

    Camp Money

    Camp Money

    01995HD

    Camp administrators at the concentration camps of the Third Reich circulated coupons and "bank" notes. A group of officers within the SS believed...

    Camp Money
  • 1966
    A Poker Game

    A Poker Game

    A Poker Game

    01966HD

    A new version of Nipp and Tuck (Del Ruth / Sennett, 1923)

    A Poker Game
  • 2001
    The Kiss of Death

    The Kiss of Death

    The Kiss of Death

    02001HD

    Mata Hari and the Danish baroness Carla Jesse are among the most powerful women in the history of espionage. Carla Jesse's method was the kiss of...

    The Kiss of Death
  • 1970
    Clinton's Chief Economist

    Clinton's Chief Economist

    Clinton's Chief Economist

    01970HD

    In his two books on globalization, Professor Stiglitz, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics, describes the non-synchronism and asymmetry of the...

    Clinton's Chief Economist
  • 2006
    Flexible Memory

    Flexible Memory

    Flexible Memory

    02006HD

    Nobel Prize winner Prof. Dr. Eric R. Kandel from Columbia University, New York, is considered the "Einstein of brain research". In the year 2000 he...

    Flexible Memory
  • 1994
    Die neun Unzertrennlichen

    Die neun Unzertrennlichen

    Die neun Unzertrennlichen

    01994HD

    A reading by Alexander Kluge.

    Die neun Unzertrennlichen
  • 2005
    Thinking for Oneself

    Thinking for Oneself

    Thinking for Oneself

    02005HD

    Thinking for oneself means: Seeking the touchstone of truth in one's own self. In his essay "What does it mean to orient oneself in thinking?" from...

    Thinking for Oneself
  • 2005
    Women as Warriors

    Women as Warriors

    Women as Warriors

    02005HD

    The British college tutor Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly discusses the wartime deeds of fearless women. She also characterizes the male fantasies of...

    Women as Warriors