Overview

• Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder surprised actors Miroslav Nemec and Udo Wachtveitl with the honorary Blauer Panther award during the filming of their last Tatort episode.
• Nemec and Wachtveitl are retiring after a 35-year run across 100 episodes in the Munich Tatort series.
• They will be formally honored at the Blauer Panther media awards ceremony in Munich on October 22, 2025.
• Carlo Ljubek is set to take over in 2026 as Kriminalhauptkommissar Nikola Buvak for the Munich team.
• Ferdinand Hofer will continue his role as Kriminaloberkommissar Kalli Hammermann and the first case without the duo is expected to begin filming by the end of the year.