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).

Country:

Germany

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

12 minutes

Year:

1968

Director:

Gerd Conradt

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Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)

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