Die Prinzen - Alles Nur Geklaut [HQ]

What this video is

Released in September 1993, 'Alles Nur Geklaut' ('All Just Stolen') arrived at the height of the post-reunification pop explosion in Germany, when acts from the former East — Die Prinzen were rooted in Leipzig's St. Thomas Choir tradition — were achieving mainstream commercial success. The video's concept of parodying contemporary international music videos was a self-aware, meta-commentary on pop music's culture…

Why it matters

A landmark in German comedy-pop, 'Alles Nur Geklaut' demonstrated that German-language pop could achieve mainstream success through self-referential, media-literate humour. The video's parody-montage format was rare in European music video production at the time and anticipates the post-modern…

The director

Born 1972 in Burghausen, Germany. Graduated from the University of Media in Stuttgart with a focus on film, computer animation and multivision. Since 1999 a freelance director of music videos, promos and commercials, working with artists including *NSYNC,…