When actresses or actors leave a series, it is usually in drastic ways: for example, they separate from their partner, are transferred to another city or die. There would have been plenty of opportunity for the latter in the new “Tatort” crime thriller from Franconia: In the end, many fatal shots were fired in Nuremberg. But Chief Inspector Paula Ringelhahn, played by Dagmar Manzel, simply retires.
An end that she wanted, Dagmar Manzel told the German Press Agency. The first shows the episode “Nevertheless” today at 8:15 p.m. For Manzel, her tenth “Tatort” crime thriller is also her last appearance alongside Fabian Hinrichs and Eli Wasserscheid, who have also been part of the investigative team since 2015 as Felix Voss and Wanda Goldwasser.
And the ending has it all. Actually there are two endings, said Manzel. “On the one hand, there is the story that ends with people dying.” On the other hand, there is their farewell, which stands in a certain contrast to this.
Farewell to the crime scene with tears
While the shooting scene on the street is reminiscent of a Quentin Tarantino film, Chief Inspector Paula Ringelhahn says goodbye to her team at police headquarters with tears in her eyes.
But from the beginning: It all begins with the suicide of 25-year-old Lenni, who was in prison three years ago for the violent death of a woman. His sisters Maria (Mercedes Müller) and Lisa (Anne Haug) have been trying to prove his innocence ever since. Paula Ringelhahn and Felix Voss begin the investigation. But soon there will be the next death. He is the son of Karl Dellmann (Fritz Karl) and his wife Katja (Ursina Lardi) – an ex-boyfriend of the person killed.
In “Despite” by directors Max Färberböck and Danny Rosness, two families face each other whose grief for their loved ones leads to hatred and violence. Ringelhahn and Voss finally have to leave the farewell party in a hurry in order to prevent something even worse. The drama at the end is sometimes difficult to bear for the faint-hearted, but the story later finds a conciliatory ending with the counterpoint of Ringelhahn’s touching farewell.
Who comes after Dagmar Manzel?
Her farewell comes at the right time for Manzel, who turned 66 on September 1st: “I am leaving with great joy and beautiful memories in my heart and am now making room for other artists,” she said. But she won’t be retiring like in “Tatort”: “There are too many projects that I really want to do and for which I need space and time,” she said, explaining her departure.
Manzel and Hinrichs convincingly portray their sadness, including tears, when saying goodbye to Paula Ringelhahn. Both told dpa in an interview how much they enjoyed working together over the years. “It was a great time,” said Manzel. Not only in the film, but also in real life, she shed a few tears when she said goodbye.
According to Bayerischer Rundfunk, it has not yet been decided who will investigate in their place in the Franconian “crime scene” and whether anyone new will come. In the next episode, Felix Voss investigates alone, but as always, supported by Wanda Goldwasser.
Irena Güttel, dpa
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- Tatort Franconia 2024: BR/Hager Moss Film GmbH/Bernd Schuller
Source: www.digitalfernsehen.de
