Harald Krassnitzer: The "Tatort" star likes these unusual sports

In "Tatort: ​​Pumps", Eisner and Fellner investigate in the gym. In an interview, he reveals whether Harald Krassnitzer also goes "pumping" privately.

In the new "Tatort: ​​Pumps" (September 6th, 8:15 pm, the first), the viewer accompanies the investigators to a small Viennese fitness studio and gets an insight into the fraudulent structures that are hidden behind it. Right in the middle is Commissioner Moritz Eisner, who has been played by the Austrian actor Harald Krassnitzer (59) since 1999. In an interview with the news agency spot on news, the actor reveals whether the 59-year-old also likes to "pump", what connects him with his acting colleague Adele Neuhauser (61) and how things will continue with the Viennese team.

"Tatort: ​​Pumps" opens the anniversary season. Are you happy about it?

Harald Krassnitzer: Yes, absolutely. I think it's good that the season is starting again and we're getting out of the repetition loops. I would have allowed any other "Tatort" team to open the season. Because it is important that it starts again at all and that we deliver new material to the audience.

Do you also go to the gym to "pump" muscles?

Krassnitzer: To be honest, pumps were never mine. I've tried this a couple of times and kept logging in to various studios. I wanted to look like the others too. But then I realized that I was not going to succeed. In addition, the training was a little too boring for me. And of course there wasn't enough time for training. After all, you have to go pumping regularly to really see a result.

What about other sports?

Krassnitzer: When it comes to strength training, I prefer to work with rubber bands. But I also like to do balance exercises. We have a slackline in the garden that I've been struggling with for years. You work up a sweat and it's just great fun. With us it's a family competition to see who can stay on the slackline the longest. Anyone who stays on it for more than ten seconds is already in a management position and usually best of the year. I also enjoy being in nature – that is, hiking, swimming or cycling. I would much rather do these things than barricade myself in a studio somewhere.

Your character, Moritz Eisner, gets a few complexes in the crime thriller because of the character. Do you sometimes feel the same way privately?

Krassnitzer: I wouldn't say complexes. There are situations when, for example, the pants get too tight, in which you think: "Now it's time to do a little more." However, I lack the discipline a little. Due to the shooting times, I eat very irregularly and the work is sometimes quite stressful, from six in the morning to eight in the evening. Then you come home and eat a full meal that the body can't handle at night. And that is then stored exactly where it should definitely not be.

The "crime scene" is also about bodybuilders who throw themselves illegal pills to build muscle. Do you think this happens really often?

Krassnitzer: It's not as common as it might have been before. This market has cooled down a bit now. Many have realized that this form of exercise is not good for the body. Now other forms of training are in trend, such as circuit training, in which you work more with your own body. It's more about working out than throwing yourself pills. The focus in the "crime scene" is not the pills, but organized social fraud. There the need of certain people is exploited to enrich themselves.

This even leads to incorrect patient information in the hospital. Were you surprised that something like this can happen?

Krassnitzer: Our authors have researched very carefully. This enabled us to show the collateral damage caused by forging social cards. That shook me tremendously. After all, social fraud often has more to do with clan structures where someone wrongly receives social assistance such as Hartz IV, but also has dubious business going on and earns a lot of money with it. But by forging social cards they make money at the expense of those who are in need. These people urgently need medical help, but do not get it and eventually perish from trivialities. In addition, the forged social cards put other people in extremely precarious situations – see incorrect patient information. We show that in our "crime scene".

Moritz Eisner proves in "Tatort" that he has no idea about cars. How about you privately?

Krassnitzer: I know a lot about cars. I'm not really passionate about classic sports cars or classic cars. But I have chosen rather strange boxes. In the direction of youngtimers or so ugly that nobody wanted them – like the Citroen Ami. I always found something funnier and weird. My cars usually cost little money. As a rule, they have come to a miserable end at some point due to machine failure or rust. So I was more of a collector of the remaining wrecks in the world. They just touched my heart more than the great, refurbished sports cars.

At the end Moritz Eisner takes his colleague Bibi Fellner in his arms. In the scene you both exude an incredible closeness. How well or badly do you get along in private?

Krassnitzer: Our relationship is like this scene shows. We are united by having fun at work. We both enjoy exhausting our characters and telling a good story. We don't see ourselves as competitors and are not fully disciplined hero actors. Our characters show heart when it comes to injustice, but they also have a certain sophistication and unconventionality. If someone is in need, they both turn a blind eye. With real criminals, on the other hand, they can be quite tough. I like this mix. And that's something that both I and Adele enjoy a lot and we are very friendly.

Do you already know how things will go with the Viennese team?

Krassnitzer: We shot two "crime scenes" this year. Both were created under corona conditions. The third is now in the fall. Two more are planned for next year. We are already in talks for 2022. We have a friendly relationship with our editorial team. There is always a very intensive exchange about which direction it should go. It's a lot of fun, which is why nobody has thought about doing anything else. We're fine and I think it will be for a while.

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