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Senta Berger Makes First Public Appearance Since Stage Fall, Reports Strong Rehab Progress

She steps out in Munich for a special screening during a short break from treatment after January surgery for a femur fracture.

Overview

  • The 84-year-old attended a Munich screening of Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke in her first public outing since the mid-January accident.
  • Berger says she can walk, stand and sit again, remains in rehabilitation south of Munich, and expects to be discharged home soon.
  • She plans to remain on sick leave until the end of April and to resume her reading tour with Friedrich von Thun in May.
  • Reflecting on the incident, she called it her own misstep and quipped she stepped "like Mary Poppins without an umbrella."
  • The film has drawn about one million cinema viewers, and Berger says she is not ruling out taking on another screen role.