Born in Halberstadt in 1932, Alexander Kluge studied law and history and was a pupil of Theodor Adorno before becoming a leader of the Oberhausen Manifesto group in 1962 that called for a new German cinema. His essayistic, montage-based films combine fiction, documentary, philosophy and archive footage. Yesterday Girl (1966), starring his sister Alexandra, won the Silver Lion at Venice, and Artists at the Top of the Big Top: Disoriented (1968) the Golden Lion. He is also an influential writer, lawyer and a producer of programmes on German commercial television.
Filmography
- Yesterday Girl (1966)
- Artists at the Top of the Big Top: Disoriented (1968)
- The Patriot (1979)
- The Power of Emotion (1983)