Alexander Kluge
Director · Actor · WriterAlexander 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.
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR26
The Klimperclown
2025
Self
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
2022
Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
Self (archive footage)
Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias
2018
Self
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
2017
Self
Dancing with Pictures
2017
Himself
An Opera of the World
2017
Himself
- Werner Nekes - Life Between the Pictures
Werner Nekes - Life Between the Pictures
2017
Self
On the Holy Spirit
2016
Theorie der Erzählung
2013
Himself
Nuits transparentes
2011
Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse
2010
Self
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
2008
Self (uncredited)
Multiple Images for Five Projectors
2007
Self
Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen Ausgang
2002
Self
Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen!
2001
Self - Narrator (voice)
Ich war Hitlers Bodyguard
2000
The Night of the Filmmakers
1995
Self
- Ballad Journal No. 9: “Cold Death Interrupts Love”
Ballad Journal No. 9: “Cold Death Interrupts Love”
1995
SnowwhiteRosered
1991
Self
- The Heart and the Legs
The Heart and the Legs
1989
Self
Adorno - Es gibt kein richtiges Leben im falschen
1989
Self
- Reform Circus
Reform Circus
1970
Die Erben von Papas Kino
1968
...Geist und ein wenig Glück
1965
Himself
Finite and Infinite Games
Himself
DIRECTOR168
- Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod
Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod
2026
Director
- Utopie der Oper
Utopie der Oper
2026
Director
- Heterotopie der Oper
Heterotopie der Oper
2026
Director
- Auf Messers Schneide: das Jahr 1929
Auf Messers Schneide: das Jahr 1929
2026
Director
Primitive Diversity
2025
Director
Cosmic Miniatures
2024
Director
Eomaia (Mother of the Dawn)
2024
Director
Planetary Man
2024
Director
An Opera That Sparked a Revolution
2024
Director
Max Horkheimer – Philosopher and Sociologist
2024
Director
- Attack on a Thick Glass Door
Attack on a Thick Glass Door
2024
Director
String Cinema – Mathematical Minute Opera
2024
Director
Happy Root From Non-Identity
2024
Director
Beginnings of Film Art
2024
Director
- Lied der Medea
Lied der Medea
2023
Director
In the Rock of Signs
2022
Director
Sergej Eisenstein Stages Alexander Newski (1938) and Wagner‘s Walküre (1940)
2022
Director
- Hommage zu Manoel de Oliveiras Film-Oper Os Canibais
Hommage zu Manoel de Oliveiras Film-Oper Os Canibais
2021
Director
Zirkus, Richter’s Tango
2021
Director
Orphea
2021
Director
The Mammoth’s Homecoming, a Composition of Th. W. Adorno in the Year 1941
2020
Director
- Werewolves Playoffs
Werewolves Playoffs
2020
Director
- Die Festwagen der Großen Französischen Revolution
Die Festwagen der Großen Französischen Revolution
2020
Director
- Trump State Visit
Trump State Visit
2020
Director
- Veränderung ist das Salz des Vergnügens
Veränderung ist das Salz des Vergnügens
2019
Director
- Bodenhaftung, Hautnähe, Lot zum Erdmittelpunkt
Bodenhaftung, Hautnähe, Lot zum Erdmittelpunkt
2019
Director
We Philosophers from Eve’s Rib
2018
Director
The Revolution is a Creature Full of Surprises
2018
Director
Happy Lamento
2018
Director
- Der Zirkus kommt in die Stadt
Der Zirkus kommt in die Stadt
2018
Director
- Zirkus im Krieg
Zirkus im Krieg
2018
Director
- Mehrfachbilder Vielfalt Fuenfalt ohne blaues Ende
Mehrfachbilder Vielfalt Fuenfalt ohne blaues Ende
2017
Director
Dancing with Pictures
2017
Director
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
2017
Director
Reason is a Balancing Animal
2017
Director
Parsifal verlernen
2017
Director
- Der Gärtner von Nürnberg
Der Gärtner von Nürnberg
2017
Director
- Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, wo sind sie geblieben?
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, wo sind sie geblieben?
2015
Director
- Fassbinder's Funeral
Fassbinder's Funeral
2015
Director
Light Veins
2014
Director
Nachrichten vom Großen Krieg
2014
Director
Moby Dick – Godzilla – Fukushima
2014
Director
Theorie der Erzählung
2013
Director
- Rigor Was His Mark of Quality
Rigor Was His Mark of Quality
2012
Director
Mensch 2.0 – Die Evolution in unserer Hand
2012
Director
- Pretty Woman and other stories, a film with Alexander Kluge
Pretty Woman and other stories, a film with Alexander Kluge
2012
Director
- Als die Himmel noch miteinander sprachen
Als die Himmel noch miteinander sprachen
2011
Director
Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse
2010
Director
- Der Deutschland-Komplex
Der Deutschland-Komplex
2009
Director
Früchte des Vertrauens
2009
Director
News from Ideological Antiquity - Marx/Eisenstein/The Capital
2008
Director
- Das Prinzip Stadt. Oskar Negt über die "Stadt in uns"
Das Prinzip Stadt. Oskar Negt über die "Stadt in uns"
2008
Director
- Weltmacht Staub. Hartmut Bitomsky über einen unbesiegbaren Zustand der Materie
Weltmacht Staub. Hartmut Bitomsky über einen unbesiegbaren Zustand der Materie
2008
Director
- Im Sturm der Zeit - Facts & Fakes
Im Sturm der Zeit - Facts & Fakes
2007
Director
Das Phänomen der Oper
2007
Director
- The Magic of the Darkened Soul
The Magic of the Darkened Soul
2007
Director
- Mein Jahrhundert, mein Tier!
Mein Jahrhundert, mein Tier!
2007
Director
The Poetic Power of Theory
2007
Director
Multiple Images for Five Projectors
2007
Director
- Sad News
Sad News
2006
Director
- Das gab’s nur einmal
Das gab’s nur einmal
2006
Director
La Habanera
2006
Director
- Storm Over Egypt
Storm Over Egypt
2006
Director
- The Deadly Triangle
The Deadly Triangle
2006
Director
- The Trickiness of Peace Treaties
The Trickiness of Peace Treaties
2006
Director
- 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
2006
Director
- Nach jedem Untergang kommt ein Dampfer
Nach jedem Untergang kommt ein Dampfer
2006
Director
- Die Frau auf dem Schlachtfeld
Die Frau auf dem Schlachtfeld
2006
Director
La Paloma
2006
Director
16 Minute-films
2006
Director
Sam Remembers Papa Kong
2006
Director
- The Officer as a Philosopher
The Officer as a Philosopher
2005
Director
- A Woman Like a Volcano
A Woman Like a Volcano
2003
Director
- The Flexible Entrepreneur
The Flexible Entrepreneur
2001
Director
Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen!
2001
Director
Ich war Hitlers Bodyguard
2000
Director
The Execution of an Elephant
2000
Director
- He Who Hopes, Dies Singing
He Who Hopes, Dies Singing
1999
Director
Spaceflight as an Internal Experience
1999
Director
- Learning Processes with a Deadly Outcome
Learning Processes with a Deadly Outcome
1998
Director
- Neonröhren des Himmels
Neonröhren des Himmels
1998
Director
100 Years of the German Rhine
1998
Director
- Der schwedische Mozart
Der schwedische Mozart
1998
Director
For Vertov
1998
Director
An Experiment in Love
1998
Director
Five Hours Parsifal in 90 Seconds
1998
Director
- Ort und zeit ohne grund ist gewalt
Ort und zeit ohne grund ist gewalt
1998
Director
- The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot
The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot
1997
Director
The Day Is Nigh
1997
Director
Chicago in Time Lapse
1996
Director
- Engine Cough
Engine Cough
1996
Director
- Heiner Müller in Time Flight
Heiner Müller in Time Flight
1996
Director
- He Who Smokes Looks Cold-Blooded
He Who Smokes Looks Cold-Blooded
1996
Director
- Epic Theater & Post-heroic Management
Epic Theater & Post-heroic Management
1996
Director
- Ballad Journal No. 9: “Cold Death Interrupts Love”
Ballad Journal No. 9: “Cold Death Interrupts Love”
1995
Director
- Queen of Hearts on Judgment Day
Queen of Hearts on Judgment Day
1995
Director
- My Rendezvous with Death
My Rendezvous with Death
1995
Director
- The Voice of the Playwright
The Voice of the Playwright
1995
Director
- On the Way to a Theater of Darknesses
On the Way to a Theater of Darknesses
1995
Director
- Omnivore Democracy
Omnivore Democracy
1995
Director
- Under the Sign of Mars
Under the Sign of Mars
1994
Director
- The World is Not Bad, but Full
The World is Not Bad, but Full
1994
Director
- I Owe the World a Dead Person
I Owe the World a Dead Person
1994
Director
- Rule a Great Country as You Would Fry Small Fish
Rule a Great Country as You Would Fry Small Fish
1993
Director
- Mind, Power, Castration
Mind, Power, Castration
1993
Director
- Anti-Opera
Anti-Opera
1993
Director
- The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans
1993
Director
- Plowshare of Evil
Plowshare of Evil
1993
Director
- The Death of Seneca
The Death of Seneca
1993
Director
- Frederick of Prussia
Frederick of Prussia
1992
Director
- Every Frozen Structure has its Academy
Every Frozen Structure has its Academy
1991
Director
- Rome, as Far Away as the Moon
Rome, as Far Away as the Moon
1991
Director
- “Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”
“Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”
1991
Director
- Heiner Müller on Legal Questions
Heiner Müller on Legal Questions
1990
Director
- Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by
Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by
1990
Director
- Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre Anfänge
Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre Anfänge
1990
Director
Wild Night with Moon
1990
Director
- Conversation with Heiner Müller in Garath
Conversation with Heiner Müller in Garath
1989
Director
- Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday
Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday
1989
Director
Paper Tiger Television, New York
1989
Director
The Eiffel Tower, King Kong and the White Woman
1988
Director
- Antiques of Advertising
Antiques of Advertising
1988
Director
- Madame Butterfly Waits
Madame Butterfly Waits
1988
Director
- Why Are You Crying, Antonio?
Why Are You Crying, Antonio?
1988
Director
- Japanclips
Japanclips
1988
Director
- Blue Hour Tango Time
Blue Hour Tango Time
1988
Director
- Changing Time (Quickly)
Changing Time (Quickly)
1988
Director
- The African Lady, or Love with a Fatal Outcome
The African Lady, or Love with a Fatal Outcome
1988
Director
Miscellaneous News
1986
Director
The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time
1985
Director
The Power of Emotion
1983
Director
- Biermann-Film
Biermann-Film
1983
Director
- Looking for a Practical and Realistic Behaviour
Looking for a Practical and Realistic Behaviour
1983
Director
War and Peace
1982
Director
The Candidate
1980
Director
The Patriotic Woman
1979
Director
Germany in Autumn
1978
Director
- People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary
People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary
1977
Director
- Nachrichten von den Staufern
Nachrichten von den Staufern
1977
Director
Strongman Ferdinand
1976
Director
In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death
1974
Director
Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave
1973
Director
Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908
1973
Director
Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet
1972
Director
The Big Mess
1971
Director
The Indomitable Leni Peickert
1970
Director
A Doctor From Haberstadt
1970
Director
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed
1968
Director
- E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher
E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher
1968
Director
Yesterday Girl
1967
Director
Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt
1967
Director
News from the 1966 Venice Film Festival
1966
Director
- A Poker Game
A Poker Game
1966
Director
- Policeman's Lot
Policeman's Lot
1965
Director
- Protocol of a Revolution
Protocol of a Revolution
1963
Director
Lehrer im Wandel
1963
Director
Brutality in Stone
1961
Director
- Rennen
Rennen
1961
Director
- Thema Amore
Thema Amore
1961
Director
- Rennfahrer
Rennfahrer
1961
Director
The Tiger of Eschnapur
1959
Assistant Director
The Indian Tomb
1959
Assistant Director
- At Work in the Ruins of Morality
At Work in the Ruins of Morality
Director
- Rettung vor dem Tode / 4000 Jahre Liebe / Rettet Liebe vor dem Tode?
Rettung vor dem Tode / 4000 Jahre Liebe / Rettet Liebe vor dem Tode?
Director
- Über Unterschiede beim Sprechen: 20 Beispiele
Über Unterschiede beim Sprechen: 20 Beispiele
Director
- Spinoza und die Modi Gottes
Spinoza und die Modi Gottes
Director
- Love in a spacesuit
Love in a spacesuit
Director
- The most beautiful treasure of evolution
The most beautiful treasure of evolution
Director
WRITER44
- Auf Messers Schneide: das Jahr 1929
Auf Messers Schneide: das Jahr 1929
2026
Screenplay
Primitive Diversity
2025
Writer
- Lied der Medea
Lied der Medea
2023
Screenplay
Orphea
2021
Writer
- Die Festwagen der Großen Französischen Revolution
Die Festwagen der Großen Französischen Revolution
2020
Writer
- Trump State Visit
Trump State Visit
2020
Writer
- Bodenhaftung, Hautnähe, Lot zum Erdmittelpunkt
Bodenhaftung, Hautnähe, Lot zum Erdmittelpunkt
2019
Screenplay
Happy Lamento
2018
Screenplay
- Der Zirkus kommt in die Stadt
Der Zirkus kommt in die Stadt
2018
Writer
- Zirkus im Krieg
Zirkus im Krieg
2018
Writer
- Der Gärtner von Nürnberg
Der Gärtner von Nürnberg
2017
Screenplay
- Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, wo sind sie geblieben?
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, wo sind sie geblieben?
2015
Screenplay
Mensch 2.0 – Die Evolution in unserer Hand
2012
Writer
- Die Frau auf dem Schlachtfeld
Die Frau auf dem Schlachtfeld
2006
Writer
Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen!
2001
Idea
- Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre Anfänge
Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre Anfänge
1990
Writer
Miscellaneous News
1986
Writer
The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time
1985
Writer
- Looking for a Practical and Realistic Behaviour
Looking for a Practical and Realistic Behaviour
1983
Writer
The Power of Emotion
1983
Writer
War and Peace
1982
Writer
The Candidate
1980
Writer
The Patriotic Woman
1979
Writer
Germany in Autumn
1978
Screenplay
- People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary
People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary
1977
Writer
- Nachrichten von den Staufern
Nachrichten von den Staufern
1977
Writer
Strongman Ferdinand
1976
Writer
In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death
1974
Writer
The Journey to Vienna
1973
Writer
Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave
1973
Writer
Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908
1973
Writer
Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet
1972
Writer
The Big Mess
1971
Writer
The Indomitable Leni Peickert
1970
Writer
A Doctor From Haberstadt
1970
Writer
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed
1968
Writer
- E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher
E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher
1968
Writer
Yesterday Girl
1967
Writer, Short Story
Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt
1967
Writer
- Policeman's Lot
Policeman's Lot
1965
Writer
Lehrer im Wandel
1963
Writer
- Protocol of a Revolution
Protocol of a Revolution
1963
Writer
Brutality in Stone
1961
Writer
- Thema Amore
Thema Amore
1961
Writer
PRODUCER19
- Auf Messers Schneide: das Jahr 1929
Auf Messers Schneide: das Jahr 1929
2026
Producer
Primitive Diversity
2025
Producer
- Lied der Medea
Lied der Medea
2023
Producer
Orphea
2021
Producer
The Leaks of Venice
2020
Producer
- Die Festwagen der Großen Französischen Revolution
Die Festwagen der Großen Französischen Revolution
2020
Producer
- Trump State Visit
Trump State Visit
2020
Producer
- Bodenhaftung, Hautnähe, Lot zum Erdmittelpunkt
Bodenhaftung, Hautnähe, Lot zum Erdmittelpunkt
2019
Producer
- Der Zirkus kommt in die Stadt
Der Zirkus kommt in die Stadt
2018
Producer
- Zirkus im Krieg
Zirkus im Krieg
2018
Producer
- Der Gärtner von Nürnberg
Der Gärtner von Nürnberg
2017
Producer
- Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, wo sind sie geblieben?
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, wo sind sie geblieben?
2015
Producer
Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen!
2001
Producer
Five Hours Parsifal in 90 Seconds
1998
Producer
- Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus' bei Antonio Labriola (1843-1904)
Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus' bei Antonio Labriola (1843-1904)
1970
Producer
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed
1968
Producer
Yesterday Girl
1967
Producer
Brutality in Stone
1961
Producer
- Rennfahrer
Rennfahrer
1961
Producer
