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Alexander Duda to leave The Rosenheim-Cops after 20 years
Alexander Duda is leaving The Rosenheim-Cops after 20 years playing police director Gert Achtziger.
Producer Marlies Moosauer says the character is retiring as a story decision.
Achtziger is a state official who has reached the usual retirement age.
Duda suggested that Achtziger could keep appearing after retirement, but the production team turned down the idea.
The ZDF crime series is making the change to develop its stories, and a special farewell episode is planned.
Duda says he holds no grudge and plans to keep acting on stage and screen.
The date of his final episode is not yet known.
Alexander Duda will leave The Rosenheim-Cops after the current season, ending a 20-year run on the ZDF crime series.
Duda played police director Gert Achtziger and would have preferred to continue in the role.
The production team says the character will retire as part of a creative decision to develop the series.
The producers declined Duda’s suggestion that Achtziger remain in the show as a pensioner.
Duda plans to continue working on stage and in front of the camera.
- Who
- Alexander Duda, who plays police director Gert Achtziger.
- What
- He will leave The Rosenheim-Cops after the current season.
- When
- After the current season; the date of his final episode has not been announced.
- Where
- The ZDF crime series The Rosenheim-Cops.
- Why
- The producers say Achtziger’s retirement is a creative decision to develop the series.
Alexander Duda
The Rosenheim-Cops production team
Continuing the character
Alexander Duda
Duda suggested Achtziger could continue appearing after reaching retirement.
The Rosenheim-Cops production team
The production team rejected that suggestion.
Reason for the departure
Alexander Duda
Duda said the decision was not his and that he would have liked to continue.
The Rosenheim-Cops production team
The producers said the character’s retirement was a creative decision and part of the series’ development.
Alexander Duda joined the regular cast of The Rosenheim-Cops as Gert Achtziger.
Duda is set to leave the series, with Achtziger retiring in the story.
Marisa Burger is due to leave the series as Miriam Stockl.
- Actor
- Alexander Duda
- Role
- Police director Gert Achtziger
- Time on series
- 20 years
- First joined
- 2006
- Departure
- After the current season
- Final episode air date
- Not announced
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What people are saying
That Gert Achtziger is now retiring is a dramatic decision for the character: At some point, it is time to retire.
I hold no grudge.
It is a wonderful farewell episode, practically tailored to me.
A beautiful and dignified farewell is especially important to us.