After the dramatic "Bergdoktor" season finale, ZDF is now sending "Die Bergretter" into the race.
Right from the start it's no less tragic than with Hans Sigl and Co.
Ramsau near Berchtesgaden – It remains exciting on ZDF: After “Der Bergdoktor” ended in a dramatic season finale and will probably not return until 2024, a replacement is already in the starting blocks.
Because “Die Bergretter” (started on March 2nd) is also very familiar with alpine flair and medical emergencies.
However, mountain rescue leader Markus Kofler (Sebastian Ströbel, 46) and his team are faced with two heavy blows of fate.
Dramatic start to "Die Bergretter" - do two series favorites have to go at the same time?
Attention, spoilers:
After the "Bergretter" start "At any price", the shock is still deep: The mountain climbers then set out at rocky heights to find a missing entrepreneur.
Everyone helps - including policewoman Jessika Pollath (Maxi Warwel, 40), who falls down a steep cliff during the rescue operation.
Was that it with her?
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Policewoman Jessi Pollath (Maxi Warwel) and her boyfriend Simon Plattner (Ferdinand Seebacher, 2nd from left) will no longer be part of "Die Bergretter" (photomontage)
© Barbara Bauriedl/ZDF
The episode itself does not provide any information about this, but the ZDF press portal states in a summary of the new "Bergretter" season: "After the separation from Katharina Strasser, Markus Kofler, head of the Ramsau mountain rescue service, is more thoughtful about this new season.
He is completely thrown back on himself when policewoman Jessi Pollath is torn from the midst of the mountain rescuers, and shortly afterwards her boyfriend Simon Plattner also leaves the
team will no longer be involved with the "mountain rescuers".
Curious: “Bergretter” darling has the same name as the mountain doctor
In 38 episodes, Andreas Marthaler (Martin Gruber, 52) led the “Bergretter” team until he fell to his death under dramatic circumstances in episode 6 of the sixth season (“Cut off”).
Especially attentive ZDF viewers should have noticed: The former "Bergretter" main actor has a prominent namesake.
The mountain doctor embodied by Hans Sigl (53) in the series of the same name is also called Martin Gruber.
ZDF confirms the exit of two stars from “Bergretter” – a serial death and a difficult farewell
An inquiry from
t-online.de
to ZDF now provides information about the fate of the two "Die Bergretter" stars.
A station spokeswoman confirmed to the news portal: “Maxi Warwel has been part of the mountain rescue team since 2017 as chief commissioner Jessika Pollath and Ferdinand Seebacher since 2019 as Simon Plattner.
Both actors are leaving Ramsau and with them their mountain rescuer colleagues and friends at their own request and would like to devote more time to other projects in the future.”
Family drama, tears and farewells: The 16th "Bergdoktor" season in pictures
Family drama, tears and farewells: The 16th "Bergdoktor" season in pictures
One thing is certain: the opening episode was also the last of the police officer played by Maxi Warwel.
Her lover, on the other hand, will appear again in the second episode (airing March 16) and then say goodbye to the series.
In the meantime, ZDF has already brought in the next big hit: "Der Schwarm" broke all records before the start of the broadcast - and even overshadowed the "Bergdoktor".
Sources used:
presseportal.zdf.de, t-online.de, diebergretter.info
List of rubrics: © Barbara Bauriedl/ZDF
