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When Matthias Schendel and Stuntteam Germany appear on set, the camera operators usually choose a wide-angle shot to take everything in \u2013 and some TV heroes prefer to make themselves scarce. Stunt performers bring the action onto set, turning exciting stories into captivating productions. \u201cNeedless to say, the equipment needs to be as authentic as possible,\u201d says the Nuremberg-native stunt performer and coordinator. \u201cAnd, of course, we need to ensure maximum safety for the performers.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

With shows on ARD, ZDF, SAT1, PRO7, RTL and more besides, Germany loves its crime thrillers. From Tatort to Polizeiruf and a host of other sizzling whodunnits, the plots are almost always packed with tension and excitement. However, it\u2019s the Hollywood-style action scenes that make them so gripping and captivating. Whether it\u2019s wild car chases, brutal kidnappings, stomach-churning falls or menacing battles with monsters, stunt scenes are always a professional balancing act of pure camera action and realistic depictions.<\/p>\n

Schendel believes authenticity is crucial. To help refine his presence in TV police dramas, he even completed a tactical training course with the SEK, the German special police operations unit. Plus, as a trained cameraman and photographer, he knows his craft from every angle. \u201cIt has been hard work,\u201d he says \u2013 but his success has certainly been worth it. The Franconian stunt coordinator has even served as the stunt double for big Hollywood names like Brad Pitt (in \u2018Inglourious Basterds\u2019).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Schendel\u2019s stunt team chat away on active duty, fight with beasts, serve as doubles for rogues and villains, leap from dizzying high-rise towers \u2013 and, almost unbelievably, the chief coordinator was once even buried alive in a coffin for an episode of Galileo. \u201cThat was borderline,\u201d he says with a wink when asked once again whether his work had ever tested his limits.<\/p>\n

COVID-19 has changed a great deal for the team. Hygiene concepts are now part and parcel of life on set. Everyone is vaccinated, tested and tested again. However, the stunt team certainly isn\u2019t short of work, as a glance at their calendar over the last year makes clear.<\/p>\n

It started with a Hollywood project and horror film called \u2018The Listing\u2019, filmed in and around a castle near Koblenz. The film\u2019s director, Demetrius Jones, flew his team over from LA to the castle by the Rhine in order to capture the authentic atmosphere of the region\u2019s forests. An old castle, cold rock, muddy outdoor sets and long days of shooting placed significant demands on people and equipment.<\/p>\n

When it came to stunts, safety and special constructions, Schendel and his team were the first people the Hollywood producers called! \u201cOur reputation has now spread worldwide,\u201d says Schendel, with an audible note of pride in his voice. This film is the fourth major Hollywood project for the German stunt team, following \u2018Guns Akimbo\u2019, \u2018The Colony\u2019 and \u2018The Matrix Resurrections\u2019. Stunt performer Anni Nagel, wearing a set of green pajamas, flies through the air in the studio in place of lead actress Sabrina Lopez. Bob Snowman, the American on the stunt team, has also fought plenty of fights in the guise of a green monster and taken some heavy falls for his compatriots.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Schendel also delivered a breathtaking submachine gun scene for the motion picture \u201815 Jahre\u2019 (\u201815 Years\u2019), with Hannah Herzsprung in the lead role. In \u2018Der Welten Lohn\u2019 (\u2018No Good Deed\u2019), a recently broadcast Stuttgart-based episode of German cult crime drama \u2018Tatort\u2019 starring Richy M\u00fcller, Felix Klare and Barnaby Metschurat, Anni Nagel provided an unmissable performance. She played probably the most famous role in German television: the dead body on Tatort! Her performance included a spectacular fall down a steep wooded bank, captured from every angle by mobile Steadicams.<\/p>\n

In fact, the team has also provided stunts for \u2018Germany\u2019s Next Topmodel\u2019 and one of its main sponsors, Jochen Schweizer, on several occasions. \u201cWe were asked to secure one of the models, Yasmin, to a helicopter,\u201d says Schendel. However, because flying and hanging from the helicopter for the proposed shoot would have been too long and stressful, the stunt team moved the scene into a green-screen studio, where they hung the helicopter skids from the ceiling and suspended the model from a sophisticated hanging system. \u201cEverything was set up so that her arms were hanging at exactly the same height as the skids, which made the effect of hanging from a helicopter absolutely realistic,\u201d says Schendel.<\/p>\n

Of course, Yasmin did not want to miss out on her helicopter ride entirely, and in the end, it was still possible to snap a few shots a little way off the ground. Stuntteam Germany were on hand to ensure everything was safe, and Jochen Schweizer was on board as a special guest.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Like anyone else, stunt performers like to have fun. It\u2019s just that their version of fun means setting off a chain reaction in a supermarket that sends aisles of shelves tumbling down, buries customers and leaves an electrician dangling from a shelf \u2013 and, naturally, it\u2019s only the special-effects professionals in the hazardous area.<\/p>\n

After all, as Schendel says: \u201csafety is the top priority in our job\u201d. With this in mind, the chief coordinator and his team leave nothing to chance when preparing the set, getting the shots and putting the right equipment in place. In this job, it\u2019s only when everyone goes home safe that you\u2019re a true hero.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Matthias Schendel and Stuntteam Germany appear on set, the camera operators usually choose a wide-angle shot to take everything in \u2013 and some TV heroes prefer to make themselves scarce. 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