Stunned Man (2004) is the second part of Rosefeldt’s Trilogy of Failure (2004/2005) in which three different settings draw a picture of our vain entanglement with everyday rituals. In each case the protagonist is caught up in a microcosm that suggests mental and spatial claustrophobia. As a reaction to the hopeless situation, he plunges into permanent Sisyphean activity – going nowhere and producing nothing. The motifs of perpetual attempt and constant failure find their equivalent in the repetitive structure of the loop. The scenes are allegories of our frantic and ultimately futile attempts to escape the surrounding norms, constraints, structures and rituals by which we are determined.
Art | Daniel Ben Sorge | Props |
Art | Mareike Jetten | Set Dresser |
Editing | Nadir Mansouri | Colorist |
Visual Effects | Christian Tröger | Compositing Artist |
Sound | Berni Maurer | Sound Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Sven-Eric Willems | Makeup Artist |
Crew | Alex Falk | Technical Supervisor |
Costume & Make-Up | Beate Scheel | Costume Design |
Art | Olaf Kenner | Set Designer |
Editing | Tom Michel | Project Manager |
Art | Leonie v. Arnim | Production Design |
Camera | Jakob Ebert | Clapper Loader |
Crew | Ralph Appru | Driver |
Crew | Markus Raska | Catering |
Editing | Sergej Range | Editor |
Crew | Tina Tripp | Script |
Art | Kerstin Kosinarova | Assistant Director of Photography |
Sound | Felix Kratzer | Foley Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Sven Geßner | On Set Dresser |
Camera | Sören Lang | Best Boy Grip |
Camera | Christoph Krauss | Director of Photography |
Lighting | Martin König | Gaffer |
Production | Sandra Knape | Production Manager |
Camera | Barbara Schmidt | Set Photographer |