Germany, Summer 2006 a sea of black, red and gold. The 2006 Soccer World Cup changed the way Germans perceived their own country. What is left over half a year later? Florian Thalhofer and Juliane Henrich traveled 2562 km all over Germany to talk to people that still have a German flag outside their houses. They met astonishing people with all kinds of different German accents. (English subtitles by Anja Tachler and Wenzel Bilger)

The Korsakow-Film "Forgotten Flags" was originally presented by the Goethe-Institute as part of the Odysseus Project.

Meanwhile [Forgotten Flags] was published by Mediamatic, Amsterdam. The DVD-Rom comes with a bonus track: [small world] - Florian Thalhofer's first nonlinear photo-film, about what it is like to grow up in a small town.

You can order the DVD at mairisch Verlag for 11 Euro.

Germans think that showing the national flag is sinister. World Cup football in 2006 brought about a notable swing. Germans overcame temporarily their fear of association with right-wing nationalism. They were proud of their fatherland and put out flags en masse for the first time. But if flags are still fluttering six months after the World Cup, Florian Thalhofer would like to know why. Should he be afraid of the owners of these forgotten flags?

Interactive and nonlinear Korsakow film. German, with English subtitles. 

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