Alexander Kluge Movies

  • 2005

    "Surplus Value" & its Images

    "Surplus Value" & its Images

    02005HD

    The master Russian director Sergei Eisenstein planned in 1928 to make a film about Das Kapital by Marx. Is the "political economy" made up of...

  • 2025
    Primitive Diversity

    Primitive Diversity

    Primitive Diversity

    02025HD

    Thanks to technological developments, film has been through many transformations. Now, with the development of Artificial Intelligence another...

    Primitive Diversity
  • 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
  • 2024
    Planetary Man

    Planetary Man

    Planetary Man

    02024HD

    A commentary on Aby Warburg’s Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, Panel B, Picture 9.

    Planetary Man
  • 2006
    The Deadly Triangle

    The Deadly Triangle

    The Deadly Triangle

    02006HD

    A short film by Alexander Kluge.

    The Deadly Triangle
  • 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...

  • 2003
    Rette sich, wer kann

    Rette sich, wer kann

    Rette sich, wer kann

    02003HD

    Terrorism and skyscrapers confront expert fire fighters with severe problems. Is it possible to plan for future catastrophes when new buildings are...

    Rette sich, wer kann
  • 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
  • 2017
    Parsifal verlernen

    Parsifal verlernen

    Parsifal verlernen

    02017HD

    An opera film by Alexander Kluge

    Parsifal verlernen
  • 2006
    On Laughing and Walking Upright

    On Laughing and Walking Upright

    On Laughing and Walking Upright

    02006HD

    The faces of humans and monkeys have 50 muscles. They are necessary for facial expression, laughing, and crying: 60 million years of evolution were...

    On Laughing and Walking Upright
  • 1998
    An Experiment in Love

    An Experiment in Love

    An Experiment in Love

    01998HD

    His prose text "An Attempt at Love", published in 1962, can be classified in the prehistory of the Auschwitz trials and deals with the attempt by the...

    An Experiment in Love
  • 2020
    Werewolves Playoffs

    Werewolves Playoffs

    Werewolves Playoffs

    02020HD

    Video #1 of Finite Rants, a series of eight visual essays commissioned by Fondazione Prada and curated by Luigi Alberto Cippini and Niccolò...

    Werewolves Playoffs
  • 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
  • 2008
    Raubengel

    Raubengel

    Raubengel

    02008HD

    A reading by Alexander Kluge.

    Raubengel
  • 2000
    The Execution of an Elephant

    The Execution of an Elephant

    The Execution of an Elephant

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    An essay from Edison's famous 1903 short film recording the execution by electricity of a tame elephant from Coney Island's Forepaugh Circus.

    The Execution of an Elephant
  • 2006
    Serpentine Gallery Program

    Serpentine Gallery Program

    Serpentine Gallery Program

    02006HD

    The Serpentine Gallery Program is a treasure trove of TV films. "He who hopes, dies singing" and other true stories.

    Serpentine Gallery Program
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2014
    Light Veins

    Light Veins

    Light Veins

    02014HD

    This video segment complements the 2014 English-language edition of History and Obstinacy by Alexander Kluge and Oskar Negt, edited by Devin Fore and...

    Light Veins
  • 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