Alexander Kluge

Known for

Directing

Born

February 14, 1932

Birthplace

Halberstadt, Germany

Died

March 25, 2026 (aged 94)

Biography

Alexander Kluge (14 February 1932 - 25 March 2026) was a German author, philosopher, academic and film director.

Kluge became known in the 1960s and 1970s as one of the most influential representatives of the New German Cinema, which he helped to establish and develop in theory and practice.

Best known work

The Tiger of Eschnapur

1959

The Indian Tomb

1959

Germany in Autumn

1978

Yesterday Girl

1967

Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed

1968

Brutality in Stone

1961

In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death

1974

Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave

1973

The Big Mess

1971

Strongman Ferdinand

1976

Filmography

TBA
Finite and Infinite Games
as Himself
TBA
At Work in the Ruins of Morality
Director
TBA
Rettung vor dem Tode / 4000 Jahre Liebe / Rettet Liebe vor dem Tode?
Director
TBA
Über Unterschiede beim Sprechen: 20 Beispiele
Director
TBA
Spinoza und die Modi Gottes
Director
TBA
Love in a spacesuit
Director
TBA
The most beautiful treasure of evolution
Director
TBA
Amok. Das Ende der Einfühlung
Director
TBA
Clinton's Chief Economist
Director
2026
Auf Messers Schneide: das Jahr 1929
Director, Producer, Screenplay
2026
Heterotopie der Oper
Director
2026
Utopie der Oper
Director
2026
Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod
Director of Photography, Editor, Director
2025
The Klimperclown
as Self
2025
Primitive Diversity
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Director of Photography, Production Design
2024
Beginnings of Film Art
Director
2024
An Opera That Sparked a Revolution
Director
2024
Attack on a Thick Glass Door
Director
2024
Eomaia (Mother of the Dawn)
Director
2024
Planetary Man
Director
2024
String Cinema – Mathematical Minute Opera
Director
2024
Happy Root From Non-Identity
Director
2024
Max Horkheimer – Philosopher and Sociologist
Director
2024
Cosmic Miniatures
Director
2023
Lied der Medea
Director, Producer, Screenplay