Alexander Kluge
Directing1932Halberstadt, Germany
Biography
Alexander Kluge (born 14 February 1932) is 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.
Known For
Acting History
Future
Finite and Infinite Games
as Himself
At Work in the Ruins of Morality
Director
Spinoza und die Modi Gottes
Director
2026
Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod
Director of Photography
Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod
Director
Utopie der Oper
Director
Heterotopie der Oper
Director
Auf Messers Schneide: das Jahr 1929
Screenplay
2025
The Klimperclown
as Self
Primitive Diversity
Director
Primitive Diversity
Writer
Primitive Diversity
Producer
Primitive Diversity
Editor
Primitive Diversity
Sound Designer
Primitive Diversity
Director of Photography
Primitive Diversity
Production Design
2024
Cosmic Miniatures
Director
Beginnings of Film Art
Director
Planetary Man
Director
Eomaia (Mother of the Dawn)
Director
Attack on a Thick Glass Door
Director
Happy Root From Non-Identity
Director
2023
2021
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self (archive footage)
Werewolves Playoffs
Director
The Leaks of Venice
Producer
Trump State Visit
Director
Trump State Visit
Producer
Trump State Visit
Writer
2018
We Philosophers from Eve’s Rib
Director
Happy Lamento
Director
Happy Lamento
Screenplay
Der Zirkus kommt in die Stadt
Director
Der Zirkus kommt in die Stadt
Producer
Zirkus im Krieg
Director
Zirkus im Krieg
Producer
Zirkus im Krieg
Writer
2017
Dancing with Pictures
as Himself
An Opera of the World
as Himself
Parsifal verlernen
Director
Dancing with Pictures
Director
Der Gärtner von Nürnberg
Director
Der Gärtner von Nürnberg
Screenplay
Der Gärtner von Nürnberg
Producer
2014
2013
Theorie der Erzählung
as Himself
Theorie der Erzählung
Director
2009
Der Deutschland-Komplex
Director
Früchte des Vertrauens
Director
2007
The Poetic Power of Theory
Director
The Magic of the Darkened Soul
Director
Mein Jahrhundert, mein Tier!
Director
Das Phänomen der Oper
Director
2006
La Habanera
Director
La Paloma
Director
Die Frau auf dem Schlachtfeld
Director
16 Minute-films
Director
Sam Remembers Papa Kong
Director
Sad News
Director
Das gab’s nur einmal
Director
Storm Over Egypt
Director
The Trickiness of Peace Treaties
Director
The Deadly Triangle
Director
2005
The Officer as a Philosopher
Director
2003
druckfrisch
TVas self
A Woman Like a Volcano
Director
2001
The Flexible Entrepreneur
Director
2000
Kulturzeit
TVas self• 1 eps
Literatur im Foyer
TVas himself
Ich war Hitlers Bodyguard
Director
The Execution of an Elephant
Director
1999
He Who Hopes, Dies Singing
Director
1998
Alpha Forum
TVas Self
Lebensläufe
TVas Self
An Experiment in Love
Director
For Vertov
Director
Neonröhren des Himmels
Director
100 Years of the German Rhine
Director
Der schwedische Mozart
Director
1997
The Day Is Nigh
Director
The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot
Director
1996
Engine Cough
Director
Chicago in Time Lapse
Director
Heiner Müller in Time Flight
Director
He Who Smokes Looks Cold-Blooded
Director
1995
The Night of the Filmmakers
as Self
Queen of Hearts on Judgment Day
Director
The Voice of the Playwright
Director
My Rendezvous with Death
Director
Omnivore Democracy
Director
1994
I Owe the World a Dead Person
Director
Under the Sign of Mars
Director
The World is Not Bad, but Full
Director
1993
Mind, Power, Castration
Director
Anti-Opera
Director
The Death of Seneca
Director
The Last of the Mohicans
Director
Plowshare of Evil
Director
1992
Frederick of Prussia
Director
1990
1988
Antiques of Advertising
Director
Madame Butterfly Waits
Director
1986
Miscellaneous News
Director
Miscellaneous News
Writer
1983
1982
War and Peace
Writer
War and Peace
Director
1980
The Candidate
Writer
The Candidate
Director
1979
The Patriotic Woman
Writer
The Patriotic Woman
Director
1978
Germany in Autumn
Director
Germany in Autumn
Screenplay
1976
Strongman Ferdinand
Director
Strongman Ferdinand
Writer
1973
1971
The Big Mess
Writer
The Big Mess
Director
1967
German Film Award
TVas Self• 3 eps
Bambi
TVas Self• 1 eps
Yesterday Girl
Director
Yesterday Girl
Writer
Yesterday Girl
Producer
Yesterday Girl
Short Story
1966
1965
1963
Protocol of a Revolution
Director
Protocol of a Revolution
Writer
Lehrer im Wandel
Director
Lehrer im Wandel
Writer
1961
Brutality in Stone
Director
Brutality in Stone
Writer
Brutality in Stone
Producer
Rennen
Director
Rennfahrer
Director
Rennfahrer
Producer
Thema Amore
Director
Thema Amore
Writer
1959
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Assistant Director
The Indian Tomb
Assistant Director