Heiner Müller Movies

  • 2020
    Hamlet

    Hamlet

    Hamlet

    02020HD

    Hamlet
  • 1992
    Frederick of Prussia

    Frederick of Prussia

    Frederick of Prussia

    01992HD

    Kluge here presents a portrait of Friedrich the Great by means of quotations, film clips, historical images, and film documents. The program is a...

    Frederick of Prussia
  • 2025
    EPÍLOGO DO FOGO

    EPÍLOGO DO FOGO

    EPÍLOGO DO FOGO

    02025HD

    EPÍLOGO DO FOGO
  • 1991
    “Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”

    “Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”

    “Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”

    01991HD

    In this conversation, taking place shortly after the German reunification, Alexander Kluge and Heiner Müller discuss historical developments...

    “Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”
  • 1981
    Kino 81

    Kino 81

    Kino 81

    01981HD

    Kino 81
  • 1995
    Omnivore Democracy

    Omnivore Democracy

    Omnivore Democracy

    01995HD

    In this journal, Alexander Kluge and Heiner Müller talk about the dark side and the inevitability of democracy. Heiner Müller believes that...

    Omnivore Democracy
  • 1988
    Keine Hand wäscht die Andere

    Keine Hand wäscht die Andere

    Keine Hand wäscht die Andere

    01988HD

    On the run from her criminal Italian husband, a young French woman meets a German lover in West Berlin who offers her shelter but who also gets...

    Keine Hand wäscht die Andere
  • 1991
    Rome, as Far Away as the Moon

    Rome, as Far Away as the Moon

    Rome, as Far Away as the Moon

    01991HD

    Movie scenes, montages of images and text, as well as conversations between Alexander Kluge, playwright Heiner Müller and classicist Wilfried...

    Rome, as Far Away as the Moon
  • 1970
    At Work in the Ruins of Morality

    At Work in the Ruins of Morality

    At Work in the Ruins of Morality

    01970HD

    Quoting from historian Tacitus' Annals, Alexander Kluge and Heiner Müller delve into the Roman Iron Age, talk about the modern style of Tacitus'...

    At Work in the Ruins of Morality
  • 1994
    Under the Sign of Mars

    Under the Sign of Mars

    Under the Sign of Mars

    01994HD

    This "music magazine" is a montage of visually alienated historical film clips of tanks and soldiers (First and Second World War), pictorial...

    Under the Sign of Mars
  • 1990
    Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen

    Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen

    Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen

    01990HD

    Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen
  • 1993
    The Last of the Mohicans

    The Last of the Mohicans

    The Last of the Mohicans

    01993HD

    A news magazine program on important aspects of the history of postrevolutionary Cuba, consisting of two documentary film sequences about Castro and...

    The Last of the Mohicans
  • 1990
    Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by

    Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by

    Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by

    01990HD

    In this interview Müller and Kluge explore the East German’s memories of the final days of the war. The session is introduced by a clip...

    Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by
  • 1994
    The World is Not Bad, but Full

    The World is Not Bad, but Full

    The World is Not Bad, but Full

    01994HD

    The central topic of the interview is the ancient concept of a necessary balance between the dead and the living, which also assumes the notion of a...

    The World is Not Bad, but Full
  • 1995
    Unter Deutschen

    Unter Deutschen

    Unter Deutschen

    71995HD

    Unter Deutschen
  • 1989
    Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday

    Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday

    Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday

    01989HD

    This portrait of Heiner Müller on the occasion of his 60th birthday is devoted for the most part to having Müller recount events and...

    Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday
  • 1998
    Mão Morta Müller no Hotel Hessischer Hof

    Mão Morta Müller no Hotel Hessischer Hof

    Mão Morta Müller no Hotel Hessischer Hof

    01998HD

    Documentary on Mão Morta's three sole concerts.

    Mão Morta Müller no Hotel Hessischer Hof
  • 1996
    Epic Theater & Post-heroic Management

    Epic Theater & Post-heroic Management

    Epic Theater & Post-heroic Management

    01996HD

    The discussion begins with the parable of a frog in boiling water. It comes from the book "Post-heroic Management: A Manual" by Dirk Baecker, which...

    Epic Theater & Post-heroic Management
  • 1996
    He Who Smokes Looks Cold-Blooded

    He Who Smokes Looks Cold-Blooded

    He Who Smokes Looks Cold-Blooded

    01996HD

    A few months before his death, Müller responded to the keywords "breathing" and "smoking" with an anecdote that interprets breathing as an...

    He Who Smokes Looks Cold-Blooded
  • 1993
    Plowshare of Evil

    Plowshare of Evil

    Plowshare of Evil

    01993HD

    Citing Nietzsche, Müller defines intellectuals as the "ploughshares of evil," whose task it is "to create chaos, to destroy conceptions of...

    Plowshare of Evil