Overview
- Manuela Wisbeck said in an Instagram video that production told her by phone the cut was for economic reasons and that her role was finished.
- ZDF confirmed her departure to Ruhr24 and said it wants new narrative ideas to modernize the series.
- Wisbeck will keep filming and her character, nurse Frauke Prinz, will appear in new episodes until about July 2026 because of long lead times.
- The network said it will not replace the character and has not revealed how the exit will be written.
- Fans voiced shock and criticized the phone call after her 16 years on the show, while offering support for her statement.