Alexander Kluge Movie Trailers
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Sergej Eisenstein Stages Alexander Newski (1938) and Wagner‘s Walküre (1940) Trailer (2022)
17 August 2022
Kluge compares with three screens with clips, stills, storyboards of the two works.
Germany in Autumn Trailer (1978)
03 March 1978
Nine fictitious documentaries and films reflect the mood of late 1970s Germany, particularly the two-month period in 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped by the RAF (Red Army Faction).
A Doctor From Haberstadt Trailer (1970)
01 January 1970
Alexander Kluge follows his father, a doctor, in his daily activity.
Lehrer im Wandel Trailer (1963)
20 February 1963
Documentary short by Alexander Kluge about the role of teachers in history.
Der schwedische Mozart Trailer (1998)
01 January 1998
A short about the German composer and royal bandmaster Joseph Martin Kraus, often nicknamed ‘the Swedish Mozart’.
Theorie der Erzählung Trailer (2013)
28 March 2013
Alexander Kluge's 2012 Frankfurt lectures on poetics.
Policeman's Lot Trailer (1965)
24 February 1965
Early Alexander Kluge short film that follows the career of a German policeman from World War I into the 1960s.
The Leaks of Venice Trailer (2020)
26 January 2020
An old building in Venice hosts an exhibition. A visitor walks through empty rooms discovering a fictionalized architectural space that functions like an abandoned theatre set.
Plowshare of Evil Trailer (1993)
04 April 1993
Citing Nietzsche, Müller defines intellectuals as the "ploughshares of evil," whose task it is "to create chaos, to destroy conceptions of order.
The Voice of the Playwright Trailer (1995)
27 March 1995
One of Müllers's vocal cords was paralyzed as a result of a life-saving radical operation (1995). At the beginning of the discussion Müller observes that figures from Greek mythology live on today as trademarks for products (Ajax as a cleaning agent, Polydor as a record).
“Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History” Trailer (1991)
08 July 1991
In this conversation, taking place shortly after the German reunification, Alexander Kluge and Heiner Müller discuss historical developments from the perspective of playwright Heiner Müller’s view on subjectivity.
Under the Sign of Mars Trailer (1994)
23 January 1994
This "music magazine" is a montage of visually alienated historical film clips of tanks and soldiers (First and Second World War), pictorial reminiscences of Russian avant-garde art, and excerpts of interviews with Heiner Müller accompanied by heavy metal music (the "death & grind" music of the groups Abhorrence, Acrostichon, Toxaemia, and Disgrace).
Queen of Hearts on Judgment Day Trailer (1995)
09 October 1995
The horizon of this conversation is marked by Müller's personal memories, reflections about ongoing themes in his work, thoughts about his current production and the nearness to death that has been brought by his illness.
Hommage zu Manoel de Oliveiras Film-Oper Os Canibais Trailer (2021)
02 August 2021
Alexander Kluge's avant-garde hommage to Manoel de Oliveira's surreal opera-musical film "The Cannibals".
The Last of the Mohicans Trailer (1993)
21 March 1993
A news magazine program on important aspects of the history of postrevolutionary Cuba, consisting of two documentary film sequences about Castro and two interview sequences with Heiner Müller.
My Rendezvous with Death Trailer (1995)
20 February 1995
The title of the interview is from a line in a poem written by an American about the battle of Ypern in World War I: “My rendezvous with Death took place in a trench.
Epic Theater & Post-heroic Management Trailer (1996)
18 March 1996
The discussion begins with the parable of a frog in boiling water. It comes from the book "Post-heroic Management: A Manual" by Dirk Baecker, which is what Heiner Müller is currently reading at the time of the discussion.
Das Prinzip Stadt. Oskar Negt über die "Stadt in uns" Trailer (2008)
28 December 2008
The metropolises in Mesopotamia (Uruk, Babylon), the city in Greek antiquity (Athens), the founding of Rome and the Celtic castle sites (oppida) establish quite different communities.
A Poker Game Trailer (1966)
14 October 1966
A new version of Nipp and Tuck (Del Ruth / Sennett, 1923)
Every Frozen Structure has its Academy Trailer (1991)
10 June 1991
At the time of the conversation Heiner Müller was the president of the Academy of Arts - East. At the beginning he describes his daily routine to Kluge.
The Day Is Nigh Trailer (1997)
01 January 1997
Short science fiction film with footage from Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte.
On the Way to a Theater of Darknesses Trailer (1995)
31 July 1995
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 Boulez, and that he wishes to use the myth of Heracles as material for a stage play.
Dancing with Pictures Trailer (2017)
06 March 2017
Anselm Kiefer is one of the most important painters of the present, Alexander Kluge's television interviews are legendary.
Conversation with Heiner Müller in Garath Trailer (1989)
17 April 1989
In 1989, Heiner Müller staged an unabridged seven-and-a-half hour Hamlet, because in the process of German reunification "a leave-taking from the Hamlet principle in favor of the market economy" was taking place.
Mind, Power, Castration Trailer (1993)
08 March 1993
Here Müller and Kluge explicitly address a theme that is latently present in many of their conversations: the relation of intellectuals to reigning political power.
Heiner Müller in Time Flight Trailer (1996)
29 January 1996
Müller describes Ovid's Metamorphoses, Golding's translation of which (1603) was one of Shakespeare's sources, as an encyclopedia of the Greek myths, its dramatic central theme being the transformation of human beings into animals, plants, stones---either as a punishment or out of a need to escape.
Weltmacht Staub. Hartmut Bitomsky über einen unbesiegbaren Zustand der Materie Trailer (2008)
07 January 2008
Alexander Kluge and Hartmut Bitomsky discuss the film Staub (Dust). Dust is called “matter in the wrong place.
Rome, as Far Away as the Moon Trailer (1991)
01 April 1991
Movie scenes, montages of images and text, as well as conversations between Alexander Kluge, playwright Heiner Müller and classicist Wilfried Stroh provide a multifaceted insight in the far-away world of Ancient Rome.
Ballad Journal No. 9: “Cold Death Interrupts Love” Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
Since German Classicism, it has become customary to translate extreme, emotional events into a ballad, a popular form of song.
Werewolves Playoffs Trailer (2020)
25 June 2020
Video #1 of Finite Rants, a series of eight visual essays commissioned by Fondazione Prada and curated by Luigi Alberto Cippini and Niccolò Gravina.
Omnivore Democracy Trailer (1995)
20 March 1995
In this journal, Alexander Kluge and Heiner Müller talk about the dark side and the inevitability of democracy.
Rigor Was His Mark of Quality Trailer (2012)
12 November 2012
Heiner Müller defines Stoicism as an attempt to deal with anarchy. For him, Erich Honecker is an example for "forced stoicism".
Veränderung ist das Salz des Vergnügens Trailer (2019)
01 November 2019
Documentary short about the stage play "Wessis in Weimar"
Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday Trailer (1989)
09 January 1989
This portrait of Heiner Müller on the occasion of his 60th birthday is devoted for the most part to having Müller recount events and memories from the first quarter of his life, starting with his birth on January 9, 1929 and closing with his immediate postwar experiences in the mid-1940's.
Frederick of Prussia Trailer (1992)
29 March 1992
Kluge here presents a portrait of Friedrich the Great by means of quotations, film clips, historical images, and film documents.
I Owe the World a Dead Person Trailer (1994)
15 August 1994
In order to justify interpreting the Oresteia as a representation of the "birth of democracy" (P. Stein), one has to repress a lot, for example the sacrifice of Iphigenia or Elektra's feminist rebellion.
Das Beste an der ARD sind ihre Anfänge Trailer (1990)
21 November 1990
Two-hour television documentary by Alexander Kluge and Meinhard Prill on the documentary filmmakers of the "Stuttgart school".
Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave Trailer (1973)
07 December 1973
Roswitha runs an illegal abortion clinic in Frankfurt to support her student husband and children. When she is forced to close her practice she delves into political and social activism.
An Opera of the World Trailer (2017)
10 June 2017
In An Opera of the World, Malian scholar and filmmaker Manthia Diawara reflects upon the refugee crisis and the relationship between Europe and Africa.
In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death Trailer (1974)
18 December 1974
Combining fictional and documentary modes, the film takes a critical stance toward Frankfurt's public sphere and urban redevelopment.
Das Phänomen der Oper Trailer (2007)
07 February 2007
People who do not have the patience or the opportunity to listen to all 86,000 operas that exist in the world need an opera guide.
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers Trailer (2008)
14 February 2008
Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag für Autoren (Film Publishing House for Authors).
Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen! Trailer (2001)
01 January 2001
A talk with Alexander Kluge and Jean-Luc Godard.
Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet Trailer (1972)
19 January 1972
Willi endeavors to survive in a world where annihilistic galactic battles rage, by taking a job at the centre of power.
Zirkus, Richter’s Tango Trailer (2021)
01 February 2021
An homage to Hans Richter for the 35th anniversary of his death in 2021.
Yesterday Girl Trailer (1967)
21 September 1967
A young German woman searches for happiness, liberation, and independence in the illusive wake of a transformative national recovery.