Impressive progress Actor Heinz Hoenig can walk again

Bruno Bötschi

30.1.2025

After a long stay in hospital and several operations, Heinz Hoenig has made impressive progress. The actor is back on his feet and is even taking his first steps with support.

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  • After months of treatment in hospital and several complicated operations, Heinz Hoenig is currently making great progress
  • In an Instagram video posted by his wife Annika, the 73-year-old actor can be seen standing on his own two feet again for the first time and even daring to take a few steps.

It's a moment that moved Heinz Hoenig and his wife Annika to tears:

In an Instagram video entitled "The fight back to life", the 73-year-old actor can be seen taking his first steps with the help of a walking frame after a long stay in hospital and, among other things, a complicated oesophagus operation.

"Gosh, I'm about to start crying"

In the video, Annika Kärsten-Hoenig can be heard shouting enthusiastically to her two sons Jianni and Juliano: "Look, daddy's walking." Meanwhile, the children dance excitedly around their father.

Later, Hoenig's wife can be heard saying: "Gosh, I'm about to start crying."

After several months in a hospital bed and in a wheelchair, the "Das Boot" star is determined to master his first attempts at walking without human assistance. With a firm grip on the rollator, he walks around the kitchen island.


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