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.
Crew
Julian Rosefeldt
Director
Tina Tripp
Script
Sergej Range
Editor
Christoph Krauss
Director of Photography
Kerstin Kosinarova
Assistant Director of Photography
Nadir Mansouri
Colorist
Leonie v. Arnim
Production Design
Beate Scheel
Costume Design
Sven-Eric Willems
Makeup Artist
Berni Maurer
Sound Editor
Felix Kratzer
Foley Artist
Mareike Jetten
Set Dresser
Sven Geßner
On Set Dresser
Olaf Kenner
Set Designer
Daniel Ben Sorge
Props
Barbara Schmidt
Set Photographer
Christian Tröger
Compositing Artist
Alex Falk
Technical Supervisor
Ralph Appru
Driver
Sören Lang
Best Boy Grip
Tom Michel
Project Manager
Martin König
Gaffer
Sandra Knape
Production Manager
Markus Raska
Catering