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Alexander Kluge, director
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Alexander Kluge: Movies & Box Office

films
27
on screen
1961–2025
box office
$1.8K
Biggest hits

The Best Alexander Kluge Movies

The films of Alexander Kluge that made the most at the worldwide box office, biggest first: Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968) leads with $684. The full ranking adds the most awarded films and the newest releases.

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Career at a glance

Alexander Kluge's Career in Numbers

Alexander Kluge's films in numbers — as a director, not counting appearances as themselves: when they were made, the genres Alexander Kluge works in most and the milestones along the way. The filmography runs from Brutality in Stone (1961) to Primitive Diversity (2025), and the 1970s were the busiest decade.

Alexander Kluge Movies by Decade

  1. 1960s 6
  2. 1970s 8
  3. 1980s 3
  4. 1990s 1
  5. 2000s 2
  6. 2020s 3

The 1970s were Alexander Kluge's busiest decade, with 8 films.

Alexander Kluge Movies by Genre

  • Drama 8
  • Documentary 7
  • Comedy 3
  • Music 2

Drama is the genre Alexander Kluge has worked in most, with 8 films, ahead of documentary (7).

Alexander Kluge Career Milestones

First film
Brutality in Stone 1961
Biggest box office hit
Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed $684 worldwide
Newest film
Primitive Diversity 2025
27 credits

Alexander Kluge Filmography: Every Movie

Every film Alexander Kluge is credited on, newest first, with the role, the box office and the Movie Echo Score. Re-order the list to see the best-rated films or the biggest hits first.

Movies Directed by Alexander Kluge

23
  1. 2025 Primitive Diversity (2025) movie poster Primitive Diversity Documentary
  2. 2020 Orphea (2020) movie poster Orphea Music
  3. 2020 Orphea (2020) movie poster Orphea Music
  4. 2008 Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike: Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital (2008) movie poster Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike: Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital Documentary
  5. 2001 Blind Love – Talk with Jean-Luc Godard (2001) movie poster Blind Love – Talk with Jean-Luc Godard
  6. 1999 Spaceflight as an Internal Experience (1999) movie poster Spaceflight as an Internal Experience Comedy
  7. 1986 Miscellaneous News (1986) movie poster Miscellaneous News Documentary
  8. 1985 The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time (1985) movie poster The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time Documentary
  9. 1983 The Power of Emotion (1983) movie poster The Power of Emotion Drama
  10. 1979 The Patriotic Woman (1979) movie poster The Patriotic Woman Drama
  11. 1976 Strongman Ferdinand (1976) movie poster Strongman Ferdinand Drama
  12. 1974 In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death (1974) movie poster In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death Drama
  13. 1973 Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave (1973) movie poster Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave Drama
  14. 1973 Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908 (1973) movie poster Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908 Documentary
  15. 1972 Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet (1972) movie poster Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet Comedy
  16. 1971 The Big Mess (1971) movie poster The Big Mess Comedy
  17. 1970 The Indomitable Leni Peickert (1970) movie poster The Indomitable Leni Peickert Drama
  18. 1968 Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968) movie poster Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed Drama
  19. 1968 E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher (1968) movie poster E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher
  20. 1967 Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt (1967) movie poster Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt
  21. 1966 Yesterday Girl (1966) movie poster Yesterday Girl Drama
  22. 1965 Policeman’s Lot (1965) movie poster Policeman’s Lot Documentary
  23. 1961 Brutality in Stone (1961) movie poster Brutality in Stone Documentary

Alexander Kluge in Documentaries & Specials

4
  1. 2022 Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors (2022) movie poster Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors as Self · Documentary
  2. 2020 Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020) movie poster Wim Wenders, Desperado as Self (archive footage) · Documentary
  3. 2017 An Opera of the World (2017) movie poster An Opera of the World as Himself · Documentary
  4. 1995 The Night of the Filmmakers (1995) movie poster The Night of the Filmmakers as Self · Documentary
FAQ

Alexander Kluge: Questions & Answers

How many movies Alexander Kluge has made, the biggest hit, the best-rated film, the award record and more, answered from the filmography above.

How many movies has Alexander Kluge been in?

Alexander Kluge is credited on 27 films, from 1961 to 2025. All of them as a director. The filmography on this page lists every one of them, newest first, with the role and the Movie Echo Score.

What is Alexander Kluge's highest-grossing movie?

Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968) is Alexander Kluge's biggest box office hit, with $684 worldwide, ahead of Yesterday Girl (1966) ($446). Across every film with box office figures, Alexander Kluge's movies have made $1.8K.

Alexander Kluge's biggest hits

What is Alexander Kluge's newest movie?

The most recent film on Alexander Kluge's filmography is Primitive Diversity (2025), which Alexander Kluge directed.

Who does Alexander Kluge work with most often?

Alexander Kluge shares the most films with Wim Wenders (3 films) and Volker Schlöndorff (2 films).

The Best Alexander Kluge Movies, Ranked

Top rated, most awarded and biggest box office hits from 27 directing credits.

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