Anna Schudt’s surprise farewell
“Tatort” fans are horrified
Anna Schudt was in “Tatort: Liebe mich” for the last time as Commissioner Martina Bönisch.
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Inspector Martina Bönisch died unexpectedly at the end of the thriller “Tatort: Liebe mich”. The fans are shocked.
Actress Anna Schudt (47) slipped into the role of Commissioner Martina Bönisch (2012-2022) for the last time on Sunday (February 20) in “Tatort: Liebe mich” (Das Erste), who she had been in the Dortmund investigative team for ten years played.
“I bow to my colleagues and thank everyone who has accompanied Ms. Bönisch for ten years. Thanks for the great time and it will continue to be super exciting!! Dortmund Rocks!!” she writes on Instagram for a photo that she and her colleagues Jörg Hartmann (51), Rick Okon (32) and colleague Stefanie Reinsperger (34) laughing together again.
Surprised fans
Her 14,600 followers take the post as an opportunity and comment on the surprising exit: “I’m speechless and at the same time fascinated that NOBODY has revealed anything. All the best,” wrote a user. “Thank you for ten great years” reads and “Thank you for your great acting!” (Bavaria Fiction).
But it’s also a lot more emotional: “I’ve been crying for an hour. You broke me,” said one follower and another confirmed: “Yes, that can’t be true, can it?” And another one posts: “I’m still completely beside myself! I didn’t expect it at all”. For other fans it’s just: “NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” and “It’s a shame” or: “I wanted to call 112, I was so shocked”.
“Dear Anna, thank you for so many emotional, exciting and beautiful ‘crime scene’ moments as Martina. You leave a big gap. I wish you all the best for all new projects,” says another comment and: “The shock is deep. But an incredibly good job from everyone involved. Chapeau! And thank you, dear Anna, for ten great years! All the best for future projects!”
With his comment, a user reminds that Schudt, the third team member of the original four-man crew, is leaving Dortmund: “It’s a shame that only Faber is left of this great team. At the same time, we’re really excited about how Faber will continue.” At the beginning, Aylin Tezel (38) was also there as Nora Dalay and Stefan Konarske (41) as Daniel Kossik.
Sunday crime fans mourn
The fact that Anna Schudt’s followers react in this way may not come as a surprise. But on a general Sunday crime fan page on Instagram shows that the grief is cross-team.
“Such a cruel end and such a great ‘crime scene’. The team is so great,” reads. And: “It’s really a shame, it was one of the best teams, so very different”. Praise and sadness are also closely related here: “It was such a great and exciting ‘crime scene’. It’s a shame that it had to end like this”. “A very tragic and unexpected end,” says another user. Another remarked, “Even the end credits tune kicked in later – suspended like my heartbeat!”
“After a start-up phase in which I had to get used to the difference in the Dortmund team, I also liked the ‘Dortmunder’,” says a detailed analysis by a Sunday thriller fan. At the beginning “the sensitivities within the team were very exhausting and sometimes annoying”, but at some point that was exactly what made the appeal of this team with “rough edges”.
For Sunday crime fans, it is the second bitter loss of a beloved character after Charly Hübner (49) left as Rostock investigator Sascha Bukow at the beginning of the year, as this comment reminds us: “First Bukow, now Böhnisch. I’m infinitely sad”. All in all, it was “15/10…sad ending…great ‘crime scene’!!!”.
What’s next for the Dortmund team?
And how will he continue with the Dortmund investigative team? Will it be exchanged? Or will Anna Schudt be replaced? “After the death of Martina Bönisch, the three of Faber, Herzog and Pawlak will investigate for the time being,” reveals WDR editor Frank Tönsmann when asked by the news agency spot on news.