The Dresden "Tatort" of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) should not take a break, according to the Left Party. MDR had announced that it would not be filming any new episodes of the series for the next three years. "This is a blatantly wrong decision that not only negates the popularity and success of the 'Dresden Crime Scene', but also once again treats eastern Germany as a second-class region," explained parliamentary group leader André Schollbach.
According to Schollbach, his party has submitted an urgent motion to the Dresden city council. According to the motion, the local parliament should call on MDR to "correct its decision immediately." The "Dresden Crime Scene" has an importance for the tourist development of the city of Dresden and for the entire region that should not be underestimated, argued the parliamentary group leader.
The two Dresden "Tatort" detectives - actress Cornelia Gröschel and her colleague Martin Brambach - also criticized the MDR's decision. It would be "an extremely fatal political signal that East Germany would simply no longer be featured in the most popular TV series on German television with the highest ratings", they declared, among other things.
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