Alexander Kluge

Alexander Kluge
Kluge in 1986
Born(1932-02-14)14 February 1932
Halberstadt, Saxony, Prussia, Germany
Died25 March 2026(2026-03-25) (aged 94)
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Occupation(s)Author, movie director
Websitekluge-alexander.de

Alexander Kluge (14 February 1932 – 25 March 2026) was a German author, philosopher, academic and movie director. He was known for directing and writing Yesterday Girl (1966), Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968), The Big Mess (1971), Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave (1973), In Danger and Deep Distress, the Middleway Spells Certain Death (1974), Germany in Autumn (1978) and The Candidate (1980).

His sister, Alexandra Kluge, was a movie actress.

Kluge died in Munich, Germany on 25 March 2026 at the age of 94.

References

  1. ↑ (editor) Forrest, Tara (June 2012). Forrest, Tara (ed.). Alexander Kluge: Raw Materials for the Imagination. Film Culture in Transition Series (1st ed.). Amsterdam University Press. p. 450. doi:10.1515/9789048513390. ISBN 978-90-8964-273-8.
  2. ↑ "Alexandra Kluge". Munzinger Biographie (in German). Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Alexander Kluge ist gestorben". Süddeutsche.de (in German). 26 March 2026. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  4. ↑ Rech, David; Pressedienst, epd Evangelische (26 March 2026). "Filmemacher und Schriftsteller: Alexander Kluge mit 94 Jahren gestorben". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Filmemacher und Autor Alexander Kluge ist tot". Der Spiegel (in German). 26 March 2026. Retrieved 26 March 2026.

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