In her new film, Karoline Herfurth plays the lead role in a story about the everyday madness of professionally successful parents of small children who at some point simply can’t do it anymore. Her own work-life balance is also “always a challenge,” said Herfurth in an interview with the newspaper “Welt am Sonntag” on the occasion of the new film “A Million Minutes” (released in theaters February 1st), in which her husband Christopher Doll directing for the first time.
“Film life is very much determined by phases,” Herfurth answered the interview question about how the work-life balance works in her family in the film business – with two children. “There’s the filming phase, which is very intensive and time-consuming, with 12 to 14-hour working days. There’s not much time left for private life,” reports the actress from Berlin. “Then there are phases in which I can take a lot of time for my private life.”
In the film she emigrates with her family
Her work is comparable to seasonal work. During the intensive work phase, it is “extremely difficult” to respond to private emergencies, especially in her position.
In her new film, Herfurth, alongside Tom Schilling, plays a mother with a career who emigrates with her partner and two small children – in search of a more balanced private and professional life.
The family wants to go to Iceland to find out whether a different environment solves the problems. “So whether it would be possible to escape the mill wheel of everyday life,” said Herfurth. “This great longing for a different way of life” also characterizes dropout documentaries on television.
