Rosenheim-Cops: New commissioner is not allowed to speak Bavarian - and alienated with her series name

Created: 01/03/2022Updated: 01/03/2022, 05:47 AM

From: Armin T. Linder

Commissioner Birte Andresen (Sophie Melbinger) temporarily replaces Commissioner Hansen (Igor Jeftić, right).

© Linda Gschwentner / ZDF

Sophie Melbinger celebrates her debut with the ZDF “Rosenheim Cops”.

The fact that she is not allowed to speak Bavarian there was just as unfamiliar to her as her role name was initially.

Munich - premiere for the new commissioner! The fact that Sophie Melbinger joins the "Rosenheim Cops" as investigator Birte Andresen was exclusively revealed to tz.de months ago. She solves her first murder case on Tuesday, 4.1. from 7:25 p.m. on ZDF alongside Anton Stadler (Dieter Fischer). The actor called his new colleague a "stroke of luck". She temporarily replaces Igor Jeftić, whose series character Sven Hansen temporarily disappears to Hamburg.

The episode can already be seen in advance in the media library.

Melbinger arrives directly, is promptly with several people at you ("Times Square" host Jo Caspar, secretary Miriam Stockl, pathologist Ela Atay), not with others (Michi Mohr, Anton Stadler).

As is so often the case, the “doz policy” at Rosenheim remains in the dark.

The murderer - that's not a big spoiler - the new investigative duo reliably tracks down in the episode "Star Wars".

Rosenheim-Cops (ZDF): Sophie Melbinger comes from Bavaria, but plays a northern light

Viewers know Sophie Melbinger (36) from appearances in Munich's “Tatort”, in the ARD telenovela “Storm of Love” and in the ZDF crime thriller “Der Alte”. She grew up in Munich and speaks fluent Bavarian. Melbinger has to skilfully deny her Bavarian roots in the Bayern crime thriller. “Yes, I'm from Munich, that's right. At the age of 24 I left my homeland to study and have now returned after 12 years, thanks to the 'cops', and that's wonderful. "

Now, according to the script, Melbinger is a northern light that ends up in Bavaria.

"When I got the request for the role, I was a bit surprised that it was about a North German commissioner," she told the German press agency.

“But then I thought to myself: Great, then you can get to know your homeland again with completely new eyes.

Birte noticed a lot of things that I take for granted and that's really nice. "She added:" But I admit, sometimes it's dangerous.

Almost everyone around me speaks Bavarian and I have to be very careful not to start dialecting too.

I like Bavarian very much and have missed it a lot in the last few years. "

Rosenheim-Cops (ZDF): Sophie Melbinger happy about her role

Melbinger is very happy about the role. “The“ Rosenheim Cops ”have absolute cult status and it is of course a great honor for me to be part of the team. Personally, I find the mixture of criminal case and comedy, murder and manslaughter and a wink, the most exciting thing about it, ”she explained. “In Rosenheim there is always something to smile about and the characters can laugh at themselves. I also try to cut a slice of it for myself privately, then life is just a lot more fun. "

The 36-year-old, who has played Karin, Tina, Sandra, Traudel, Claudia and Daniela in other roles, is now called Birte for an audience of millions.

A name to which she had to get used to: “I don't know any Birte and have never had anything to do with that name.

But it happened pretty quickly and I didn't think about it anymore.

Now I even like the name Birte and I also think that it fits my role very well. "

Rosenheim-Cops (ZDF): Sophie Melbinger would like to play an Alma

But what if she had a choice? “If I could choose, I would like to play an alma one day. Alma is Italian and means soul, I like that and I love Italian food, so Alma is a double hit. ”What would Sophie Melbinger like to put in a role one day? “I would really like to work with animals. Becoming an animal trainer has always been my plan B, and what could be nicer than bringing Plan A and Plan B together? And if I could choose an animal for it, it would be a donkey, ”said the actress. “Donkeys are very stubborn, you only raise them as much as they raise you. They are very cuddly and need a lot of closeness, which I think is a pretty good combination. ”You can read more about the ZDF Rosenheim cops here on the overview page of tz.de. * tz.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA. (dpa / lin)