Alexander Kluge Movies

  • 2001
    Attention: Total Loss!

    Attention: Total Loss!

    Attention: Total Loss!

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    The death of the crew of Russia's modern nuclear submarine Kursk reminds the public of previous fatal disasters. There have been collisions between...

    Attention: Total Loss!
  • 1994
    Under the Sign of Mars

    Under the Sign of Mars

    Under the Sign of Mars

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    This "music magazine" is a montage of visually alienated historical film clips of tanks and soldiers (First and Second World War), pictorial...

    Under the Sign of Mars
  • 1989
    Paper Tiger Television, New York

    Paper Tiger Television, New York

    Paper Tiger Television, New York

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    Film about the Paper Tiger Television non-profit, low-budget public access television program and open media collective based in New York City.

    Paper Tiger Television, New York
  • 2003
    Only Cans Were Saved

    Only Cans Were Saved

    Only Cans Were Saved

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    Fire brigades and rescue teams are the heroes of a disaster. They often save people's lives while risking their own. So it must have been terribly...

    Only Cans Were Saved
  • 1998
    Five Hours Parsifal in 90 Seconds

    Five Hours Parsifal in 90 Seconds

    Five Hours Parsifal in 90 Seconds

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    Five Hours Parsifal in 90 Seconds
  • 1997
    The Day Is Nigh

    The Day Is Nigh

    The Day Is Nigh

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    Short science fiction film with footage from Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte.

    The Day Is Nigh
  • 2007
    War is the End of all Plans

    War is the End of all Plans

    War is the End of all Plans

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    Count Alfred von Schlieffen, head of the German General Staff, developed in the years up to 1905 a promising plan which was to help the German Reich...

    War is the End of all Plans
  • 1996
    Heiner Müller in Time Flight

    Heiner Müller in Time Flight

    Heiner Müller in Time Flight

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    Müller describes Ovid's Metamorphoses, Golding's translation of which (1603) was one of Shakespeare's sources, as an encyclopedia of the Greek...

    Heiner Müller in Time Flight
  • 2002
    Nur Gott hat zugesehen

    Nur Gott hat zugesehen

    Nur Gott hat zugesehen

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    Murder ballads, ballads, and newspaper images tell humane and terrible stories. Dr. Ulrike Spengler, who compiled the Proust ABC, reports on "the...

    Nur Gott hat zugesehen
  • 1999
    Snapshots for my Fiancé

    Snapshots for my Fiancé

    Snapshots for my Fiancé

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    Kraft durch Freude (strength through joy) in the war year 1942. In the war years, young German women had to contend with female rivals in the...

    Snapshots for my Fiancé
  • 2008
    The Siamese Hands

    The Siamese Hands

    The Siamese Hands

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    A reading by Alexander Kluge.

    The Siamese Hands
  • 2021
    Zirkus, Richter’s Tango

    Zirkus, Richter’s Tango

    Zirkus, Richter’s Tango

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    An homage to Hans Richter for the 35th anniversary of his death in 2021.

    Zirkus, Richter’s Tango
  • 2006
    Borderline Cases of Damage Control

    Borderline Cases of Damage Control

    Borderline Cases of Damage Control

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    Falling debris from space poses a danger to aircraft for which valid insurance policies have been taken out. Such cases as this are, among others,...

    Borderline Cases of Damage Control
  • 1994
    The World is Not Bad, but Full

    The World is Not Bad, but Full

    The World is Not Bad, but Full

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    The central topic of the interview is the ancient concept of a necessary balance between the dead and the living, which also assumes the notion of a...

    The World is Not Bad, but Full
  • 2006
    On Laughing and Walking Upright

    On Laughing and Walking Upright

    On Laughing and Walking Upright

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    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
  • 2008
    Man is the Soft Target

    Man is the Soft Target

    Man is the Soft Target

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    The German Army is today active in Africa, the Hindu Kush and in the Balkans. How do the troops respond to the new challenges? What does Clausewitz...

    Man is the Soft Target
  • 2005
    Thinking for Oneself

    Thinking for Oneself

    Thinking for Oneself

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    Thinking for oneself means: Seeking the touchstone of truth in one's own self. In his essay "What does it mean to orient oneself in thinking?" from...

    Thinking for Oneself
  • 2024
    Max Horkheimer – Philosopher and Sociologist

    Max Horkheimer – Philosopher and Sociologist

    Max Horkheimer – Philosopher and Sociologist

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    An homage to Max Horkheimer.

    Max Horkheimer – Philosopher and Sociologist
  • 1999

    "With all the Wealth of my Needs"

    "With all the Wealth of my Needs"

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    Hermes Phettberg, born October 5, 1952 in Hollabrunn, Austria, was the assistant vicar with the archdiocese of Vienna until 1981 when he was...

  • 2005
    As a Military Judge in November 1918

    As a Military Judge in November 1918

    As a Military Judge in November 1918

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    The explosion of a munitions train standing in the congested lines of hospital trains at the station in Hamont in Belgium caused a disaster in...

    As a Military Judge in November 1918