Kai Schumann is new to the “country doctor’s office”: doctor’s coat still fits “like a glove”

A breath of fresh air again in the “Country Doctor’s Practice”: Kai Schumann (48) joins the cast in the third season of the early evening series (122 episodes from January 2nd, Monday to Friday at 7 p.m. on Sat.1 or on Joyn). He plays Dr. Chris Lehmann, the good friend of the main character Dr. Sarah König (Caroline Frier, 41) from Berlin times. The good-looking doctor brings turmoil again to the tranquil Bavarian village of Wiesenkirchen – and to the relationship of Sarah and her partner Dr. Fabian Kroiß (Oliver Franck, 49), who only just reconciled in season two.

Kai Schumann in a doctor’s coat is a familiar sight. The Dresden native made his breakthrough in 2008 as senior physician Dr. Mehdi Kaan in the award-winning series “Doctor’s Diary”, which he played until 2011. He also appeared as a forensic doctor in Leipzig’s “Tatort” for four years. “The doctor’s coat still fits like a glove,” emphasizes Schumann in an interview with the news agency spot on news. The actor also talks about the time-consuming filming, his love for dialects and his great desire to move to the country himself.

Kai Schumann: I’ll put it this way: the doctor’s coat still fits like a glove.

Schumann: Of course I watched a lot of episodes of “Landarztpraxis” and really enjoyed them because I think my colleagues are great. Above all, Caro Frier, who has a very, very good sense of humor. The stories take you along, that’s what interested me. At work, this impression of looking was confirmed; I met great and open colleagues who treated me with great enthusiasm for play.

Schumann: She gives me tips, especially when it comes to pronouncing technical terms, and I sometimes ask her whether doctors would talk like that. She then usually gives positive feedback. The scripts were developed with an extremely competent doctor who supports us with his wonderful sense of humor. We simply have an incredibly good backup.

Schumann: Dailys are a very unique type of film production. This is a logistical masterpiece. All employees are required to have the highest level of commitment, commitment and performance. The great thing is that it’s always accompanied by humor, with a lightness, with a great passion for work. And I think the viewers notice that, and that’s why the format is so successful.

Schumann: There is actually no real balance. The job currently takes up 90 percent of my life. And I really try to use the moments in between for my loved ones. My wife is really busy herself. We then actively take the time that we somehow have. There are also other phases in which I have more time. Other people just have regular jobs and are always busy in the same way. And we have peak periods when we work all the time. And then there are one or two months when you work less.

Schumann: I can handle Bavarian. Although you can’t even speak of “Bavarian” per se, because each region has its own influence. I come from Saxony, it’s the same there. That varies from village to village. Of course, as an actor you are also more attentive. I love the dialect. I love dialects in general. In Germany there is a kind of dialect hit parade, is what I’m saying now. There are the accepted dialects and the less accepted ones. I find all dialects exciting, interesting and beautiful. I enjoy listening to them and love hearing people’s homeland.

Schumann: That is actually my big wish. My life is currently relatively firmly anchored in the city. But the big goal is to live in the country. I grew up there too, I’m a village child. With sheep, pigs, geese, ducks, with fields of currant bushes that I always had to pick as a child – how I hated them! Digging up potatoes and strawberry fields. Especially because I grew up there, I would love to return to the country.

Schumann: There is always the desire. But the question is how to implement it. You have to see that.

Schumann: Chris can laugh at himself, I think that’s great. He’s someone who takes offense at relatively few people, and I feel the same way. He is open and open-minded, like me. He’s also pretty fearless and brave – I’m not necessarily that. I feel on the one hand overly cautious and on the other hand reckless. I’m more of a wild person, whereas Chris is more balanced and calm.

Schumann: You can reveal so much: I am the good, old, long-time friend of Sarah König, with whom I worked in the emergency room in Berlin. I worked countless night shifts with her and we always had a lot of fun. This Chris is now coming to Wiesenkirchen because Sarah’s mother has sent a request for help to support her in a serious emergency situation. And Chris is here to stay.