Kurt Kren

Kurt Kren

Kurt Kren was born in 1929 in Vienna, Austria from a Jewish father and a German mother. From 1939 till the end of World War II, Kren lived in Rotterdam, where he was sent to with one of the Children's Transports. In 1947 Kren returned to Vienna, and his father provided him a job at the National Bank. He began making films in 1957. 2/60 48 Köpfe Aus Dem Szondi -Test (1960) was his first serial film and 3/60 Bäume Im Herbst (1960) confirmed this structural orientation. He realized in the 1960s his most famous films with the Viennese actionists, where his skill of short film blossomed. In 1966, he took part in the « Destruction in Art Symposium » organized by Metzger in London. In 1968 he visited the USA for the first time, showing his films in New York and St. Louis. This very year he became a founder of the Austria Filmmakers Cooperative. After a participation in a happening "Kunst und Revolution" ("Art and Revolution") at the University of Vienna in 1968, Kren's films were confiscated and he was fired from the National Bank. He participated in 1970 in the International Underground Film Festival (London) and in 1971, in the Cannes Film Festival. He then moved to Cologne for five years. Retrospectives were set up by the London National Film Theatre in 1976 and the New York Museum of Modern Art in 1979. He was also involved in the Dokumenta 6 of Kassel in 1977. From 1978 to 1989, Kren lived in the USA and presented lectures for universities and schools. He did many jobs such as security officer in the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Within this period he made his bad home movies as he used to call them inspired by his travels across the country. He finally returned to his native Vienna in 1990. He died from pneumonia in Vienna in 1998.

  • Title: Kurt Kren
  • Popularity: 1
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1929-09-20
  • Place of Birth: Wien, Austria
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Kurt Kren Movies

  • 1997
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    Homage to Kurt Kren

    Homage to Kurt Kren

    1 1997 HD

    A homage to the Austrian experimental filmmaker Kurt Kren, his two films "1000 Years of Cinema" and "Snapspots" and his way of working; and that with...

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  • 1985
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    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    1 1985 HD

    Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

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  • 1980
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    Exit... But No Panic

    Exit... But No Panic

    3.8 1980 HD

    A guy having sex with a woman on a rooftop – just to get her coffee-machine.

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  • 1965
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    10c/65: Brus wishes his Christmas on you

    10c/65: Brus wishes his Christmas on you

    2.5 1965 HD

    A kind of home movie made in Brus' apartment. Brus' Christmas wishes can be seen on a poster which he painted and which he holds for a short time in...

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  • 1997
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    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.3 1997 HD

    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

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  • 2010
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    Becoming Otto

    Becoming Otto

    1 2010 HD

    A portrait of the Austrian avant-garde artist Otto Mühl/Muehl (1925-2013), whose work combined sex, violence, gastronomy and bodily effluence...

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  • 1970
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    Sodoma

    Sodoma

    2.9 1970 HD

    The Austrian avant-gardist Otto Muehl may well be the most scandalous filmmaker to ever work in cinema, and Sodoma stands as his most famous work....

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  • 1973
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    29/73 Ready-Made

    29/73 Ready-Made

    1 1973 HD

    In a TV film about the film Casablanca, Kren is meant to read aloud three letters that Groucho Marx wrote to Warner Bros., because they wanted to...

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  • 1970
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    Portrait: Kurt Kren

    Portrait: Kurt Kren

    1 1970 HD

    "This film is an attempt in focusing. I visited Kurt Kren in Vienna. (Kurt Kren is considered to be the father of the European underground film.)...

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  • 1978
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    36/78: Rischart

    36/78: Rischart

    4.5 1978 HD

    Hans-Peter Hochenrath and Birgit Hein made a documentary film about me for the Saarland Network and wanted me to make a self-portrait. Instead of...

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  • 1969
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    Porträtfilm: Kurt Kren

    Porträtfilm: Kurt Kren

    1 1969 HD

    Ludwig Schönherr | Federal Republic of Germany | 1969 | 18 fps | 3'25" | silent

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  • 1993
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    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 3

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 3

    1 1993 HD

    On the 28th of October 1884 Daniel Paul Schreber, candidate of the National Liberal Party in Chemnitz, suffered a heavy defeat at the elections of...

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  • 1967
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    15/67: TV

    15/67: TV

    4.4 1967 HD

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  • 1975
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    31/75: Asylum

    31/75: Asylum

    4.8 1975 HD

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  • 1967
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    15/67: TV

    15/67: TV

    4.4 1967 HD

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  • 1975
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    31/75: Asylum

    31/75: Asylum

    4.8 1975 HD

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  • 1967
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    15/67: TV

    15/67: TV

    4.4 1967 HD

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  • 1975
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    31/75: Asylum

    31/75: Asylum

    4.8 1975 HD

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  • 1964
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    6/64: Mom and Dad (An Otto Mühl Happening)

    6/64: Mom and Dad (An Otto Mühl Happening)

    4.3 1964 HD

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  • 1965
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    10/65: Self-Mutilation

    10/65: Self-Mutilation

    5.8 1965 HD

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  • 1995
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    49/95: thousandyearsofcinema

    49/95: thousandyearsofcinema

    3.7 1995 HD

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  • 1964
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    8/64: Ana - Action Brus

    8/64: Ana - Action Brus

    5.4 1964 HD

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  • 1960
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    3/60: Trees in Autumn

    3/60: Trees in Autumn

    6.4 1960 HD

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  • 1964
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    7/64: Leda and the Swan

    7/64: Leda and the Swan

    5.2 1964 HD

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  • 1979
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    38/79: Sentimental Punk

    38/79: Sentimental Punk

    3.5 1979 HD

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  • 1978
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    36/78: Rischart

    36/78: Rischart

    4.5 1978 HD

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  • 1960
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    2/60: 48 Heads from the Szondi-Test

    2/60: 48 Heads from the Szondi-Test

    6.4 1960 HD

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  • 1957
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    1/57: Experiment with Synthetic Sound (Test)

    1/57: Experiment with Synthetic Sound (Test)

    4.385 1957 HD

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  • 1961
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    4/61: Walls Pos.-Neg. and Way

    4/61: Walls Pos.-Neg. and Way

    3 1961 HD

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  • 1976
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    34/76: Tschibo

    34/76: Tschibo

    6 1976 HD

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  • 1964
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    9/64: O Christmas Tree

    9/64: O Christmas Tree

    5.8 1964 HD

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  • 1967
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    16/67: September 20th

    16/67: September 20th

    2.3 1967 HD

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  • 1965
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    10c/65: Brus wishes his Christmas on you

    10c/65: Brus wishes his Christmas on you

    2.5 1965 HD

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  • 1968
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    18/68: Venecia kaputt

    18/68: Venecia kaputt

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1985
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    44/85: Foot'-age Shoot'-out

    44/85: Foot'-age Shoot'-out

    6.7 1985 HD

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  • 1983
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    42/83: No Film

    42/83: No Film

    5.3 1983 HD

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  • 1965
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    10b/65: Silver – Action Brus

    10b/65: Silver – Action Brus

    4.5 1965 HD

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  • 1971
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    26/71: Zeichenfilm – Balzac und das Auge Gottes

    26/71: Zeichenfilm – Balzac und das Auge Gottes

    6.2 1971 HD

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  • 1966
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    12/66: Cosinus Alpha

    12/66: Cosinus Alpha

    4.7 1966 HD

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  • 1962
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    5/62: People Looking out of the Window, Trash, etc.

    5/62: People Looking out of the Window, Trash, etc.

    5 1962 HD

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  • 1967
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    13/67: Sinus Beta

    13/67: Sinus Beta

    3 1967 HD

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  • 1968
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    20/68: Schatzi

    20/68: Schatzi

    3 1968 HD

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  • 1973
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    28/73: Time Exposure(s)

    28/73: Time Exposure(s)

    2 1973 HD

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  • 1978
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    37/78: Tree Again

    37/78: Tree Again

    5.5 1978 HD

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  • 1969
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    23​/69: Underground Explosion

    23​/69: Underground Explosion

    10 1969 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Lascivious Wotan

    The Lascivious Wotan

    2.6 1971 HD

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  • 1976
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    32/76: To W + B

    32/76: To W + B

    3 1976 HD

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  • 1968
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    17/68: Green-red

    17/68: Green-red

    3 1968 HD

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  • 1965
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    11/65: Helga Philipp Painting

    11/65: Helga Philipp Painting

    3 1965 HD

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  • 1990
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    46/90 Falter 2

    46/90 Falter 2

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1984
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    43/84: 1984

    43/84: 1984

    10 1984 HD

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  • 1996
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    50/96 Snapshots (For Bruce)

    50/96 Snapshots (For Bruce)

    8 1996 HD

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  • 1981
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    40/81 Breakfast im Grauen

    40/81 Breakfast im Grauen

    9 1981 HD

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  • 1973
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    30/73 Coop Cinema Amsterdam

    30/73 Coop Cinema Amsterdam

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1981
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    39/81 Which Way to CA?

    39/81 Which Way to CA?

    10 1981 HD

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  • 1971
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    27/71 On Peacock Isle

    27/71 On Peacock Isle

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1982
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    41/82 Getting Warm

    41/82 Getting Warm

    10 1982 HD

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  • 1977
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    33/77 No Danube

    33/77 No Danube

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1969
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    22/69 Happy-End

    22/69 Happy-End

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1973
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    29/73 Ready-Made

    29/73 Ready-Made

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1970
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    24/70 Western

    24/70 Western

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Oh Sensibility

    Oh Sensibility

    4.5 1970 HD

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  • 1968
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    Satisfaction

    Satisfaction

    9.5 1968 HD

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  • 1970
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    Sodoma

    Sodoma

    2.9 1970 HD

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  • 1968
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    Amore - Aktion mit einem Masochisten

    Amore - Aktion mit einem Masochisten

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1991
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    47/91 A Celebration

    47/91 A Celebration

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1956
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    Piano Salon 1. Floor

    Piano Salon 1. Floor

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1956
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    Rome

    Rome

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1956
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    Das Walk

    Das Walk

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1997
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    The 120 Days of Bottrop

    The 120 Days of Bottrop

    5.6 1997 HD

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  • 1969
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    Scheiss-Kerl

    Scheiss-Kerl

    1 1969 HD

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