Willi endeavors to survive in a world where annihilistic galactic battles rage, by taking a job at the centre of power. But it's the wrong side that he takes in this civil war...
Direction
Kluge's essay-film intellect collides with sci-fi pulp.
Production
DIY spaceships that make Doctor Who look funded.
Director
Alexander Kluge
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Kluge's 'Kleider machen Leute' project exploring how institutions consume individuals—made with actual West German TV money that he absolutely wasted beautifully.
The '6th Fleet' title references both Nazi military hierarchy and American imperialism, with Kluge treating space opera as continuation of German philosophical critique by other means.
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