Heinz Hoenig:

This is how it sparked between him and his Annika

There was a spark between Heinz Hoenig and his wife Annika Kärsten-Hoenig in 2018 after they started working together. The "Das Boot" actor and his sweetheart have been a happy couple for a long time, despite their 33-year age difference.

The actor's wife spoke in her Instagram story about how the two first met in 2012 in Wernigerode, the star's home town.

Annika said: "We met in 2012 in Wernigerode, where Heinz grew up, purely by chance and got to know each other." After their first meeting, they kept in touch sporadically, while Heinz was already in love with Annika after they started working together in 2018. The celebrity's partner joked that she hadn't even realized that her husband had developed feelings for her.

Kärsten-Hoenig joked: "I didn't realize that." In 2018, the star drove her home after Annika's daughter's birthday party, to which he had been invited. The couple kissed for the first time. She gushed about their first kiss: "That's when I fell madly in love with Heinz." The couple, who have been happily married for six years, have two sons together, Juliano and Jianni.