Alexander Kluge Movies
- 2006
Die Frau auf dem Schlachtfeld
Die Frau auf dem Schlachtfeld62006HD
The woman in the battlefield.
- 1996
Chicago in Time Lapse
Chicago in Time Lapse01996HD
"At the beginning of the 19th century there is no Chicago. There was a fort that was set on fire by Indians shortly thereafter. Later, the turbulent...
- 1991
Every Frozen Structure has its Academy
Every Frozen Structure has its Academy01991HD
At the time of the conversation Heiner Müller was the president of the Academy of Arts - East. At the beginning he describes his daily routine...
- 1966
A Poker Game
A Poker Game01966HD
A new version of Nipp and Tuck (Del Ruth / Sennett, 1923)
- 1995
My Rendezvous with Death
My Rendezvous with Death01995HD
The title of the interview is from a line in a poem written by an American about the battle of Ypern in World War I: “My rendezvous with Death...
- 1996
Heiner Müller in Time Flight
Heiner Müller in Time Flight01996HD
Müller describes Ovid's Metamorphoses, Golding's translation of which (1603) was one of Shakespeare's sources, as an encyclopedia of the Greek...
- 1993
Mind, Power, Castration
Mind, Power, Castration01993HD
Here Müller and Kluge explicitly address a theme that is latently present in many of their conversations: the relation of intellectuals to...
- 1993
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans01993HD
A news magazine program on important aspects of the history of postrevolutionary Cuba, consisting of two documentary film sequences about Castro and...
- 1995
Ballad Journal No. 9: “Cold Death Interrupts Love”
Ballad Journal No. 9: “Cold Death Interrupts Love”01995HD
Since German Classicism, it has become customary to translate extreme, emotional events into a ballad, a popular form of song. This ‘Balladen...
- 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...
- 1995
Queen of Hearts on Judgment Day
Queen of Hearts on Judgment Day01995HD
The horizon of this conversation is marked by Müller's personal memories, reflections about ongoing themes in his work, thoughts about his...
- 1995
On the Way to a Theater of Darknesses
On the Way to a Theater of Darknesses01995HD
The conversation begins on the topic of Müller’s plans for new plays. Müller tells us that he has promised to write a libretto for...
- 2008
Das Prinzip Stadt. Oskar Negt über die "Stadt in uns"
Das Prinzip Stadt. Oskar Negt über die "Stadt in uns"02008HD
The metropolises in Mesopotamia (Uruk, Babylon), the city in Greek antiquity (Athens), the founding of Rome and the Celtic castle sites (oppida)...
- 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...
- 2008
Weltmacht Staub. Hartmut Bitomsky über einen unbesiegbaren Zustand der Materie
Weltmacht Staub. Hartmut Bitomsky über einen unbesiegbaren Zustand der Materie02008HD
Alexander Kluge and Hartmut Bitomsky discuss the film Staub (Dust). Dust is called “matter in the wrong place.” In fact, dust is an...
- 1995
The Voice of the Playwright
The Voice of the Playwright01995HD
One of Müllers's vocal cords was paralyzed as a result of a life-saving radical operation (1995). At the beginning of the discussion Müller...
- 1990
Heiner Müller on Legal Questions
Heiner Müller on Legal Questions01990HD
"The metaphor is cleverer than the author" (Lichtenberg), a "screen," an "instrument for bundling" (Müller), because "everything changes so...
- 2006
Storm Over Egypt
Storm Over Egypt02006HD
A short by Alexander Kluge.
- 1998
Neonröhren des Himmels
Neonröhren des Himmels01998HD
A short film by Alexander Kluge.
- 2002
All Feelings Believe in a Happy Ending
All Feelings Believe in a Happy Ending02002HD
A study of Alexander Kluge that also emulates his technique of seeking and linking. Kluge reads aloud, Kluge recounts, including stories from his...