Alexander Kluge Movies

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

Short philosophical film

The holy days, from Good Friday to Easter Monday, aren't long enough to begin a new life. But they're too long to endure without a new life. That is...

A short by Alexander Kluge.

In a conversation with Heiner Müller, Alexander Kluge asked him to say what kind of thing, animal, job, whatever... could Deutschland be. Heiner...

The G8 Summit in Heiligendamm presented the security organizers with immense problems. The seaward boundary posed a particular risk. Hans-Erich...

The theme here is the rapid development from the beginning of the universe to the Gauls. At the half-way stage of this development, the Sahara became...

In his production of "Hamlet" at the Zurich Schauspielhaus, Christoph Schlingensief played the role of Fortinbras. This commander has the shortest...

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

The "Berliner Ensemble" is a theater company closely connected to names like Bert Brecht, Heiner Müller and Claus Peymann. Hary Balzke is the...

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...

Destinies and emotion: An eagle kidnaps a child; a tiger saves a persecuted woman; a lieutenant robs a maiden of her innocence; a young lady must...

The domain of love is intimacy. It orients itself on the individual and the specific. At the same time, it is in fact less individual than one might...

As storms cross over an orchestra and notes fly by, a ship is sinking. While one woman sleeps, another is rescued (in her sleep?). An opera guide is...

In 1912 the Titanic sunk. In retrospect the event appears like a number that refers to the subsequent catastrophes of the 20th century. Hans Magnus...

Since German Classicism, it has become customary to translate extreme, emotional events into a ballad, a popular form of song. This ‘Balladen...

When the German Reich sent its declaration of war to Paris via telegram, it arrived completely garbled. It sounds like a Dada text. No one managed to...

Wer immer hofft stirbt singend is a bagatelle bordering on the burlesque, in which Kluge combines (historical) visual material and nostalgic images...

A short by Alexander Kluge.