Color Test: The Red Flag (1968)
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).
Director: Gerd Conradt
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Hans Behringer as |
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Gerd Conradt as |
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Enzio Edschmid as |
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Kai Ehlers as |
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Thomas Giefer as |
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Otto F. Gmelin as |
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Jasper Halfmann as |
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Roland Hähn as |
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Holger Meins as |
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Hans-Rüdiger Minow as |
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Thomas Mitscherlich as |
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Wolfgang Schäfer as |
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Klaus Zillig as |
| Directing | Gerd Conradt | Director |