Alexander Kluge
Still: more the victimAlexander KLUGE (1932, Germany) was a lawyer and writer before he became assistant to Fritz Lang in 1958. He was one of the signatories to the Oberhauser Manifesto in 1962. In 1987, Kluge started his own television company. Kluge has been awarded for his work many times. Together with KHAVN, also well known at IFFR, he created Happy Lamento (2018) which screened in Venice. Cosmic Miniatures (2024) has its world premiere at IFFR 2024.
Filmography
(selection) Brutalität in Stein (1961, short), Abschied von Gestern (1966), Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel (1968), Der grosse Verhau (1971), Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin (1973), In Gefahr und grösster Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod (1974), Der Starke Ferdinand (1977), Die Patriotin (1979), Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit/The Blind Director (1985), Vermischte Nachricten (1986), Ich war Hitlers Bodyguard (2000, short doc), Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike - Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital (2008, doc), Happy Lamento (2018), Die Macht der Musik/The Power of Music (2019, short), Orphea (2020), Cosmic Miniatures (2024)
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Alexander Kluge at IFFR
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
91'
Germany
IFFR 1974
Der starke Ferdinand
98'
Germany
IFFR 1977
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
113'
Germany
IFFR 1986
Vermischte Nachricten
90'
Germany
IFFR 1987
Abschied von Gestern
88'
West Germany
IFFR 1989
In Gefahr und gröter Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod
90'
Germany
IFFR 1994
DCTP TV (Development Company For Television Program)
Germany
IFFR 2006
Brutalität in Stein
12'
Germany
IFFR 2009
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike - Marx - Eisenstein - Das Kapital
570'
Germany
IFFR 2010
Happy Lamento
Clash of the titans: Kluge mixes some of his weirder TV-skits with scenes from one of IFFR-darling Khavn’s more outrageous features. BOOM!
90'
Germany
IFFR 2019
The Leaks of Venice
An old building in Venice hosts an exhibition. A visitor walks through empty rooms discovering a space that functions like an abandoned theatre set.
17'
Germany
IFFR 2020
Cosmic Miniatures
Created using AI, 91-year-old IFFR veteran Kluge’s latest work is a masterpiece of its own.
94'
Germany
IFFR 2024
Die Patriotin
121'
Germany