Color Test: The Red Flag
Gerd Conradt films men carrying a red flag in a relay race through Berlin, to hoist it on the balcony of the current Mayor’s seat. A cinematic experiment based on Eadweard Muybridge, Andy Warhol and New American Cinema. A study in men, movements and a symbol. This is the 7th part of this series of film exercises. The other 6 parts were staged by Harun Farocki (Part 1), Carlos Bustamante (Part 2), Helke Sander (Part 3), Holger Meins (Part 4), Wolfgang Petersen (Part 5), Philip Werner Sauber (Part 6).
- Year : 1968
- Country : Germany
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
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- Director : Gerd Conradt
- Cast : Hans Behringer, Gerd Conradt, Enzio Edschmid, Kai Ehlers, Thomas Giefer, Otto F. Gmelin