Cult series ZDF is losing its lead cast after 17 years

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creature: 6/20/2023, 2:23 PM

from: Patrick Schultz

A popular actor leaves the ZDF series “Notruf Hafen Kante” after a long time. He wants to devote himself to new projects, TV fans are sad.

Dortmund – Shock for fans of the famous ZDF series “Notruf Hafen Kante”! Actor Harald Mack (67) is leaving the hit crime series after 17 years. Devoted viewers wouldn’t even know the series without it. The actor has been a part of the team since the beginning, with the exception of the first episode.

Harald Maack leaves ‘Notruf Hafen Kante’ – ZDF star says goodbye after 17 years

Harald Maack himself announced his departure on his Instagram page. In addition, the actor posted a selfie of himself on Saturday (May 13) in front of the series’ filming set in the Port of Hamburg. “After 17 years as Wolle, I have decided to retire this character,” he writes of his role as Police Inspector Jörn Wollenberger.

According to his statements, Harald Mack has played 450 episodes of “Notruf Hafen Kante”. In his persona as Jörn “Wolle” Wollenberger, the 67-year-old was considered the “good soul” of the police station in the ZDF crime series. Fans are now very saddened by the passing of Harald Mack.

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This is evident in the comments below the actor’s Instagram post. “It’s very unfortunate for us fans,” he sums up the user’s emotional state. Another fan says: “A big loss for the series.” Another comment reads “Harbour Edge without wool? Inconceivable indeed.” For ZDF viewers, the message seemed hard to digest. Another thriller currently celebrating the return of ZDF.

For one user, Jörn Wollenberger was the “heart of the series” and “the man for everything”. From a fan perspective, Harald Maack will leave a huge hole in “Notruf Hafen Kante”. However, most of them wish him well in his personal and professional future (more celebrity and TV news on RUHR24).

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Because even if the future does not lie in the ZDF series from Hamburg: Harald Maack will not stop acting completely. He promised this himself in his Instagram post: “I hope we will see each other in other roles for a long time to come, because I am cautiously but firmly closing one door, but I am opening another with new courage (…).”

“Notruf Hafen Kante” fans are still definitely missing Woolle. He also thanked all of his loyal viewers and fellow actors on Instagram. Harald Mack wrote: “Without you, Wall would not be what he has become.”

how T online I mentioned that the last day of shooting would be June 8th. It is not yet clear when the new episodes recorded by that time will be shown on TV. One thing is clear: it will be the last with the “wool”. Another ZDF thriller that lost two lead actors this year after a long time.