Who was Gotz George?
Who was Götz George?
The beloved German actor Götz George has passed away at the age of 77 after a short illness. He was well-known for his role as Inspector Horst Schimanski on the long-running German crime show “Tatort.” The versatile German television and film actor Götz George has passed away, the star’s agent in Berlin announced late on Sunday.
How old was George Schimanski when he left the show?
The new Schimanski-show was still popular, but many old-time-fans, diligently watching each new episode despite everything, would complain that without the old setting and crew, the chemistry simply wasn’t the same any longer. George would play the role until 2013 (presumably for the last time), when he was already 75 years old.
Why duduisburg for schimansk?
Duisburg, an industrial center, that did look (and still does today) look like a post-apocalyptic steel-desert, was the perfect setting for Schimanskis hard-hitting cases and gave the shows the advantages, to often shift between Germany and the nearby Netherlands.
