Color Test: The Red Flag

Overview

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).

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 31, 1968

Original language

German

Countries

Germany

Production

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)

Cast

Holger Meins,Roland Hähn,Hans Behringer,Hans-Rüdiger Minow,Thomas Mitscherlich,Wolfgang Schäfer,Thomas Giefer,Kai Ehlers,Jasper Halfmann,Otto F. Gmelinand 3 more

Director

Gerd Conradt

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

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