Overview
- At the Filmfest München in late June, Samuel Koch publicly praised his wife Sarah Elena and said becoming a father has changed who matters most to him.
- Koch and his wife became first‑time parents in December 2025, and he said the birth left him “overwhelmed” by her joy and dedication as a parent.
- He described the festival appearance as a local “home game” because he now lives in Munich and said he sometimes prefers to be with his family rather than at events.
- Koch is attending the festival in part to promote his small recurring role in ARD’s series Ritus, in which he appears as a companion to Moritz Bleibtreu.
- The interviews underline Koch’s deliberately low social‑media profile and show how he is using a few public moments to balance career promotion with a new, family‑first approach to life.