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Report nowAfter 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.
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.
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.
