Overview
- Berger, who turned 85 on Wednesday, planned a small family gathering in her Grünwald garden and said she hoped to dance a waltz.
- She said she is fighting to avoid a walker after a January fall from a Hamburg stage that broke her upper thigh and required surgery.
- Following the operation, she finished several weeks of rehab and kept a daily 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. routine, crediting her early dance training for her resolve.
- She is nominated for Best Actress at the Deutscher Filmpreis on May 29 for Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke, directed by her son Simon Verhoeven and adapted from Joachim Meyerhoff's book.
- She called the role a rare late-career gift that might be a capstone, adding that one can never know, and she noted her sons' support after Michael Verhoeven died in April 2024.