Peter Sodann, who was born in Meißen in 1936, last lived in Halle and in Staucha (Meißen district), Saxony. A wide audience then became known on television as “Tatort” detective Bruno Ehrlicher, whom he played between 1992 and 2007.

In 2005, Peter Sodann was made an honorary citizen of Halle. More soon at SPIEGEL.de svs/dpa.