We mostly think of robots as work machines, as efficient and precise executors of tasks. In German industry, they barely look like people, to avoid emotional complications. Unlike in Asia, where humanoid robots have already been developed for some time, for example for care-work or as sex partners. The external similarity to human beings makes the acceptance of machines easier. However, if the machine is too similar to a human, we begin to feel mistrust: what is human, what is machine? Japanese robotics researchers call this weird similarity the “uncanny valley”. For his play, Stefan Kaegi works with a writer and playwright for the first time: Thomas Melle allowed an animatronic double of himself to be made. This humanoid takes the author’s place and throws up questions: what does it mean for the original when the copy takes over? Does the original get to know himself better through his electronic double? Do the copy and his original compete or do they help each other?
Unfortunately the movie Rimini Protokoll: Uncanny Valley is not yet available on Paramount Plus.
Directing | Stefan Kaegi | Director |
Writing | Stefan Kaegi | Writer |
Writing | Thomas Melle | Writer |
Crew | Tommy Opatz | Technical Supervisor |
Crew | Tommy Opatz | Special Effects |
Crew | Martin Valdés-Stauber | Dramaturgy |
Art | Mikko Gaestel | Production Design |
Sound | Nicolas Neecke | Music |
Directing | Rimini Protokoll | Director |
Production | Rimini Protokoll | Producer |
Lighting | Robert Läßig | Lighting Design |
Lighting | Martin Schwemin | Lighting Design |
Lighting | Lisa Eßwein | Lighting Design |
Sound | Jaromir Zezula | Sound Designer |
Sound | Nicolas Neecke | Sound Designer |
Sound | Manuela Schininà | Sound Designer |
Directing | Dennis Metaxas | Assistant Director |
Crew | Lisa Homberger | Intern |
Lighting | Claudio Zeeb | Lighting Coordinator |
Sound | Johann Jürgen Koch | Sound |
Sound | Brigitte Fischer | Sound |
Art | Daniel Bittner | Props |
Crew | Dirk Windloff | Technical Supervisor |
Crew | Nicolas Hemmelmann | Technical Supervisor |
Crew | Chris Kunzmann | Animatronics Supervisor |
Crew | Andreas Mattijat | Animatronics Supervisor |
Crew | Stefano Trambusti | Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects |
Crew | Jonathan Noormann | Animatronics Designer |
Crew | Daniel Stiber | Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects |
Costume & Make-Up | Brigitte Frank | Makeup Artist |