Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Germany: How to get a role as an extra in the crime series "Tatort"

By Martin Escher


The "Tatort" is among the number one TV crime series in Germany. If you are getting an extra role in the "Tatort" you have been involved in a german popular series. The foremost well-known german stars have already participated in the Series. "Tatort2 has been broadcast in the states at the MHz Worldview channel under the name Scene of the Crime. The opening sequence of the series "Tatort" has remained the same over the years, which happens to be extremely uncommon for any such long-running TV series in Germany.

The show appears on "DasErste" (ARD) as well as ORF 2 on Sundays at 8:15 p.m. (SF1 starts 10 minutes earlier) and currently about 34 episodes are manufactured per annum. As of 2011, around 800 installments in total have been released since 1970.

The tv show is broadcast at the channels of ARD (reruns on regional ARD stations) in Germany, ORF 2 in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Every single german regional Television channels which together form ARD, plus ORF and SF, produces its specific episodes, starring its own cop crew. Therefore you don't get to view the same team of detectives in every episode on every Sunday.

There are different teams from different areas of Germany, because every unit of the ARD has 1 team (at the very least 13 different teams of detectives) ; that's what makes the show interesting. Some episodes even feature teams from other countries (Austria and Switzerland.) Typically larger german cities are used as the filming location. So it will probably be simpler for you to get a role as an extra when you are living in one of those cities.

It truly is better to get a role as an extra within the slightly smaller productions in the "Tatort" such as Lake Constance or Wiesbaden. The better known productions as Munich or Cologne are rather crowded with extras and you rarely get the opportunity to play a role here.

To get an role as an extra in the "Tatort" you will have to register at the casting agencies responsible in each State for the extras. A starting point for an extra will be the respective broadcasting station. There you can find out, who is responsible for the canvassing of extras.

At the casting agency you will need to apply as an extra for getting in their database. If and when one is then used as an extra in the "Tatort" depends upon the particular casting company.




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