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).

Cast

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Hans Behringer

Gerd Conradt

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Enzio Edschmid

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Kai Ehlers

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Thomas Giefer

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Otto F. Gmelin

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Jasper Halfmann

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Roland Hähn

Holger Meins

Hans-Rüdiger Minow

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Thomas Mitscherlich

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Wolfgang Schäfer