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Hamburg (dpa) - The Berlin actor Benno Fürmann ("Babylon Berlin") was shaped by the early death of his parents.
"I probably do not have to explain that it is an extremely brutal experience for a seven-year-old when he suddenly learns that he will never see his mother again," the 49-year-old told the "Zeitmagazin Mann".
He spoke of a deep-seated experience, "that life can change drastically from every second".
When his father died eight years later, "it was an experience that of course threw me to the ground again, but which I had also gone through once".
As a teenager, Fürmann knew that he wanted to be an actor.
"I wanted to be seen and heard in my joy, in my pain, in my sorrow," he said.
"I really thought: There is so much going on inside of me, that must be interesting for others too."
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