Werner Mannfeld is the focus of the new "Polizeiruf 110". In "Death of a Dead" he has to cope with the loss of his daughter twice.
First he is in the sights of the investigators, only towards the end of the film does the whole drama about Werner Mannfeld become apparent. The desperate widower who thought he lost his daughter years ago and then has to bury her again after a murder. His hermit life on his farm near Magdeburg is marked by feelings of guilt after he once put his drug addict daughter at the door.
The impressive role is embodied by the actor Christian Kuchenbuch, who seems to be at home in larger crime productions on TV. He was seen several times in the "Tatort" series, but has also played in similar formats such as "Der Usedom-Krimi", "Die Toten vom Bodensee" or "Spreewaldkrimi".
Christian Kuchenbuch comes from a real family of actors
Kuchenbuch comes from a real family of actors: His father is Roland Kuchenberg (77), a well-known and popular actor from GDR times. His brother Robert Kuchenberg (53) is also an actor and has appeared in "Hafenkante" and "Der Bergdoktor", among others.
Christian Kuchenbuch was born in Lutherstadt Wittenburg in 1964 and began acting as a child. At first he made a name for himself primarily as a theater actor and also worked at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. In the meantime, Kuchenbuch is also active as a director. In 1998 he made his directorial debut with the film adaptation of the novel "Kassandra" by Christa Wolf (1929-2011).