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Color Test: The Red Flag (1968)

★ 8.0/10 12 min Documentary Germany German
Director: Gerd Conradt
Streaming: Not available

Description

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).

Top Cast

Hans Behringer
Gerd Conradt
Gerd Conradt
Enzio Edschmid
Kai Ehlers
Thomas Giefer
Otto F. Gmelin
Jasper Halfmann
Roland Hähn

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