In 2023, Thomas Heinze (60) took over the investigation as Chief Detective Caspar Bergmann. The role of the “Old Man” was initially played by Siegfried Lowitz (84), followed by Rolf Schimpf (99), Walter Kreye (81), Jan-Gregor Kremp (61) and now Heinze.
Heinze confirmed that he was even faster than the stuntman who was there at the beginning and was no longer hired as a result. The racing scenes are exhausting because they are filmed over and over again. “The Old One” colleague Stephanie Stumph doesn’t want to get married because she’s “uneasy” with contracts. ‘The Old Man’ is the oldest series format that exists on German television,’ agreed Heinze, “In my opinion, it is the oldest series format on television.” “That means you’re now someone who makes crime stories,” Schöneberger stated.