Color Test: The Red Flag

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Color Test: The Red Flag (1968)

Directed by Gerd Conradt

Documentary · 12m

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).

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Cast

H
Hans Behringer Gerd Conradt
E
Enzio Edschmid
K
Kai Ehlers
T
Thomas Giefer
O
Otto F. Gmelin
J
Jasper Halfmann
R
Roland Hähn Holger Meins Hans-Rüdiger Minow
T
Thomas Mitscherlich
W
Wolfgang Schäfer

Crew

Director
Gerd Conradt

Details

Original title
Farbtest - Die rote Fahne
Release date
1968-12-31
Runtime
12m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
Germany
Production
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)