The Tatort actors Cornelia Gröschel and Martin Brambach have issued a joint statement on the planned forced break for "Tatort Dresden" and "Polizeiruf 110" from Magdeburg. "We are still dismayed by MDR's announcement that it will no longer be able to finance 'Tatort Dresden' and 'Polizeiruf Magdeburg' for the next three years," they say in the post on social media.
In their statement, the two show understanding for MDR's austerity measures, but at the same time express great concern about the possible consequences. Gröschel (38) and Brambach (58) play detective Leonie Winkler and head of the police department Peter Michael Schnabel in the Dresden crime series.
Due to a tight financial situation, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) wants to pause the production of new episodes of the two crime series for three years. The main reason given by MDR for the cuts is that the increase in the broadcasting contribution since the beginning of 2025 has not yet been implemented. Productions that have already been completed or contractually agreed are still to be broadcast in the coming years.
