Overview
- On December 28, 2025, the German star would have turned 100, prompting nationwide retrospectives across major outlets.
- ARD features a documentary in its Mediathek that reexamines Knef’s career through archival material and interviews.
- Widower Paul von Schell told BILD he plans a quiet visit to her grave with flowers and a candle, followed by a toast with her favored Dom Pérignon.
- Her longtime visagist René Koch recalled her humor and trademark eyelashes, sharing anecdotes and mementos in Berlin coverage.
- Current pieces synthesize her path from the 1946 breakthrough in Die Mörder sind unter uns and the 1951 Die Sünderin scandal to international film work, bestselling books, and a lasting chanson legacy including Für mich soll’s rote Rosen regnen.