Portrait of Alexander Kluge

Directing

Alexander Kluge

Career

Active from 1961 to 2026, busiest in 2007 with 20 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Alexander Kluge Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    0.7, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    1.6, average 3.4
  • Physical Comedy
    1.1, average 2.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.5, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • German Cinema 6
  • Political Commentary 5
  • Experimental Film 5
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Thought-Provoking 4
  • Intellectual Discourse 3
  • Historical Reflection 3
  • Social Critique 3
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2
  • Avant-Garde 2
  • Staufer Dynasty 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

261
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

8 titles
At Work in the Ruins of Morality
At Work in the Ruins of Morality

Director

Amok. Das Ende der Einfühlung
Amok. Das Ende der Einfühlung

Director

Über Unterschiede beim Sprechen: 20 Beispiele
Über Unterschiede beim Sprechen: 20 Beispiele

Director

Spinoza und die Modi Gottes
Spinoza und die Modi Gottes

Director

Love in a spacesuit
Love in a spacesuit

Director

Clinton's Chief Economist
Clinton's Chief Economist

Director

Rettung vor dem Tode / 4000 Jahre Liebe / Rettet Liebe vor dem Tode?
Rettung vor dem Tode / 4000 Jahre Liebe / Rettet Liebe vor dem Tode?

Director

The most beautiful treasure of evolution
The most beautiful treasure of evolution

Director

2020s

25 titles
Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod
Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod (2026)

Director of Photography, Editor

Auf Messers Schneide: das Jahr 1929
Auf Messers Schneide: das Jahr 1929 (2026)

Director, Producer

Primitive Diversity
Primitive Diversity (2025)

Producer, Sound Designer

Cosmic Miniatures
Cosmic Miniatures (2024)

Director

Max Horkheimer – Philosopher and Sociologist
Max Horkheimer – Philosopher and Sociologist (2024)

Director

Happy Root From Non-Identity
Happy Root From Non-Identity (2024)

Director

Planetary Man
Planetary Man (2024)

Director

Lied der Medea
Lied der Medea (2023)

Director, Producer

In the Rock of Signs
In the Rock of Signs (2022)

Director

Orphea
Orphea (2021)

Writer, Director

Zirkus, Richter’s Tango
Zirkus, Richter’s Tango (2021)

Director

Trump State Visit
Trump State Visit (2020)

Producer, Director

2010s

25 titles
Happy Lamento
Happy Lamento (2018)

Screenplay, Director

Der Zirkus kommt in die Stadt
Der Zirkus kommt in die Stadt (2018)

Director, Producer

Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film (2017)

Director

Dancing with Pictures
Dancing with Pictures (2017)

Director

Der Gärtner von Nürnberg
Der Gärtner von Nürnberg (2017)

Producer, Director

Fassbinder's Funeral
Fassbinder's Funeral (2015)

Director

Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, wo sind sie geblieben?
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, wo sind sie geblieben? (2015)

Producer, Director

Nachrichten vom Großen Krieg
Nachrichten vom Großen Krieg (2014)

Director

Moby Dick – Godzilla – Fukushima
Moby Dick – Godzilla – Fukushima (2014)

Director

Theorie der Erzählung
Theorie der Erzählung (2013)

Director

Mensch 2.0 – Die Evolution in unserer Hand
Mensch 2.0 – Die Evolution in unserer Hand (2012)

Writer, Director

Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse
Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horse (2010)

Director

2000s

83 titles
Früchte des Vertrauens
Früchte des Vertrauens (2009)

Director

News from Ideological Antiquity - Marx/Eisenstein/The Capital
News from Ideological Antiquity - Marx/Eisenstein/The Capital (2008)

Director

Man is the Soft Target
Man is the Soft Target (2008)

Director

The Poetic Power of Theory
The Poetic Power of Theory (2007)

Director

Sam Remembers Papa Kong
Sam Remembers Papa Kong (2006)

Director

16 Minute-films
16 Minute-films (2006)

Director

Die Frau auf dem Schlachtfeld
Die Frau auf dem Schlachtfeld (2006)

Director, Writer

Serpentine Gallery Program
Serpentine Gallery Program (2006)

Director

Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen!
Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen! (2001)

Idea, Producer

True Love on the Front
True Love on the Front (2001)

Director

Ich war Hitlers Bodyguard
Ich war Hitlers Bodyguard (2000)

Director

The Execution of an Elephant
The Execution of an Elephant (2000)

Director

1990s

69 titles
Spaceflight as an Internal Experience
Spaceflight as an Internal Experience (1999)

Director

"With all the Wealth of my Needs"
"With all the Wealth of my Needs" (1999)

Director

For Vertov
For Vertov (1998)

Director

An Experiment in Love
An Experiment in Love (1998)

Director

Ort und zeit ohne grund ist gewalt
Ort und zeit ohne grund ist gewalt (1998)

Director

Five Hours Parsifal in 90 Seconds
Five Hours Parsifal in 90 Seconds (1998)

Director, Producer

The Day Is Nigh
The Day Is Nigh (1997)

Director

Engine Cough
Engine Cough (1996)

Director

Bleib steh'n, Wanderer, und lies
Bleib steh'n, Wanderer, und lies (1996)

Director

Epic Theater & Post-heroic Management
Epic Theater & Post-heroic Management (1996)

Director

Under the Sign of Mars
Under the Sign of Mars (1994)

Director

Wild Night with Moon
Wild Night with Moon (1990)

Director

1980s

21 titles
Paper Tiger Television, New York
Paper Tiger Television, New York (1989)

Director

The Eiffel Tower, King Kong and the White Woman
The Eiffel Tower, King Kong and the White Woman (1988)

Director

Blue Hour Tango Time
Blue Hour Tango Time (1988)

Director

Madame Butterfly Waits
Madame Butterfly Waits (1988)

Director

Die Guillotine oder die Kategorie der Plötzlichkeit
Die Guillotine oder die Kategorie der Plötzlichkeit (1988)

Director

Miscellaneous News
Miscellaneous News (1986)

Director, Writer

The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time
The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time (1985)

Director, Writer

The Power of Emotion
The Power of Emotion (1983)

Writer, Director

Looking for a Practical and Realistic Behaviour
Looking for a Practical and Realistic Behaviour (1983)

Writer, Director

Biermann-Film
Biermann-Film (1983)

Director

War and Peace
War and Peace (1982)

Director, Writer

The Candidate
The Candidate (1980)

Writer, Director

1970s

14 titles · average score 68
The Patriotic Woman
The Patriotic Woman (1979)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer, Director

Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn (1978)
GoodWatch score 83

Screenplay, Director

Nachrichten von den Staufern
Nachrichten von den Staufern (1977)

Writer, Director

People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary
People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary (1977)

Writer, Director

Strongman Ferdinand
Strongman Ferdinand (1976)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Writer

In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death
In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death (1974)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer, Director

Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave
Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave (1973)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer, Director

The Journey to Vienna
The Journey to Vienna (1973)

Writer

Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet
Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet (1972)

Writer, Director

The Big Mess
The Big Mess (1971)

Writer, Director

The Indomitable Leni Peickert
The Indomitable Leni Peickert (1970)

Writer, Director

A Doctor From Haberstadt
A Doctor From Haberstadt (1970)

Director, Writer

1960s

14 titles · average score 66
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Writer

E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher
E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher (1968)

Director, Writer

Yesterday Girl
Yesterday Girl (1967)
GoodWatch score 67

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt
Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt (1967)

Writer, Director

News from the 1966 Venice Film Festival
News from the 1966 Venice Film Festival (1966)

Director

Policeman's Lot
Policeman's Lot (1965)

Director, Writer

Lehrer im Wandel
Lehrer im Wandel (1963)

Writer, Director

Protocol of a Revolution
Protocol of a Revolution (1963)

Director, Writer

Brutality in Stone
Brutality in Stone (1961)
GoodWatch score 71

Producer, Director

Rennen
Rennen (1961)

Director

Thema Amore
Thema Amore (1961)

Director, Writer

Rennfahrer
Rennfahrer (1961)

Director, Producer

1950s

2 titles · average score 75
The Tiger of Eschnapur
The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)
GoodWatch score 75

Assistant Director

The Indian Tomb
The Indian Tomb (1959)
GoodWatch score 74

Assistant Director