Kluge directed his first film in 1960 , '' Brutality in Stone '' , a twelve-minute , black and white , lyrical montage work which , against the German commercial ( '' Papa 's Kino '' ) cinematic amnesia of the prior decade , inaugurated an exploration of the Nazi past . The film premièred in 1961 at what would become the showcase for the new generation of German filmmakers , the Westdeutsche Kurzfilmtage ( now known as the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen ) in Oberhausen , Germany
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Alexander Kluge