Overview

• His family informed RBB that Krause died on September 5 in a senior home in Teltow at the age of 83.
• An official cause of death was not disclosed by the family, with some media citing reports of prior illness and age-related factors.
• RBB aired a tribute on September 8 at 21:00 followed by the Polizeiruf 110 episodes "Mörderkind" and "Ikarus," and will devote September 12 to a night of three "Krause" films.
• Krause became a national fixture as the village policeman in "Polizeiruf 110" and later headlined nine "Krause" TV films from 2007 to 2022.
• His breakthrough came with Detlev Buck’s 1993 film "Wir können auch anders..." (German Film Prize), followed by a best-actor honor in Stockholm in 2003 and Brandenburg’s Order of Merit in 2012, as colleagues and RBB leadership paid tribute.