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).

Cast

Hans Behringer

Gerd Conradt

Enzio Edschmid

Kai Ehlers

Thomas Giefer

Otto F. Gmelin

Jasper Halfmann

Roland Hähn

Holger Meins

Hans-Rüdiger Minow