Overview
- The actors say the kiss scene was added on short notice when deteriorating weather forced a rapid night shoot after they had wrapped for the day.
- Valentina Pahde was fetched from a massage so the scene could be filmed immediately, and the pair performed it without a rehearsal.
- Both report the moment was carefully directed down to head movements and carried out in front of roughly 30 crew members.
- Florian Silbereisen and Pahde met for the first time at Johannesburg airport and recall instant rapport, noting their shared Bavarian roots.
- ZDF plans to air the New Year’s Day installment, titled “Das Traumschiff: Afrika: Madikwe,” on 1 January 2026 at 20:15.