Karoline Herfurth and Christopher Doll
“Accidentally holding hands” no longer exists
Karoline Herfurth and Christopher Doll worked together again for “A Million Minutes”. Finally you can “celebrate together”.
Actress and filmmaker Karoline Herfurth (39) and producer and director Christopher Doll (47) are currently on a promotional tour for their new joint film “A Million Minutes”. The family drama was based on the non-fiction bestseller by Wolf Küper (born 1973) and will be released in cinemas on February 2nd. In their first joint interview with the magazine “Stern” after the couple Herfurth and Doll made their relationship public at an awards ceremony last summer, they reveal how one is connected to the other.
Karoline Herfurth and Christopher Doll: Secretiveness would have “felt artificial”
And Doll adds that it felt “dishonest,” especially when talking about their new film together, which he was directing for the first time [hätte]”To hold back this fact.” Because “as a director you are definitely automatically more involved in press work,” she adds. But it’s not just about press work for the project, which he worked on for “almost seven years.” “When events come up, such as premieres or cinema tours, it’s nice if we can experience these moments together, that we can hold on to each other and celebrate this work together,” he says happily. And in memory of the secret times He adds: “We no longer have to be careful all the time not to stand too close together or accidentally hold hands.”
They met on the film set
The other side of the coin is that they are now being asked more about the lovers and parents behind the scenes. And so the readers of the magazine find out that what he particularly values about her is her “integrity”. Whereupon she enthuses: “Chris is one of the most attentive people I know. In every respect. And I get coffee in bed every morning, which I really appreciate.”
Herfurth and Doll also reveal a few details about the story of how they met – of course it also has something to do with film: “‘Crazy’ [2000] by Hans Christian Schmid [58] was my first project. “That was in 1999. I was an intern in the production management, and Karoline had one of the supporting roles,” he says. She adds: “I was 15 and looked about nine.” Doll: “I was in my early 20s.”
Later they became inseparable, especially professionally: “When I was directing my own work, Chris was on the set with me every day from the start, and he was also my counterpart in the acting work. Now to be there and experience how he expressed his own visions as “It was an incredible pleasure for me,” she enthuses about her husband.