Norbert Kückelmann

Norbert Kückelmann
Born	(1930-05-01)1 May 1930 Munich, Germany
Died	31 August 2017(2017-08-31) (aged 87)
Occupation(s)	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1960 - 2002

Norbert Kückelmann (1 May 1930 – 31 August 2017) was a German film director, screenwriter and lawyer. He was born in Munich, During the 1950s he studied law and worked part-time as a film critic. After graduation, he worked as a lawyer in Munich and Mainz. In 1965 he founded together with Alexander Kluge and Hans-Rolf Strobel the Young German Film Committee (German: Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film. Continuing to work as a lawyer he directed his first film Die Sachverständigen in 1973. At the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival the film won a Silver Bear.^[1] His first film also won the Deutscher Filmpreis - Best Feature Film. At the 34th Berlin International Film Festival, his film Man Under Suspicion also won a Silver Bear.^[2] Two years later, he was a member of the jury at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.^[3]

Norbert Kückelmann was the brother of the actress Gertrud Kückelmann.^[4]

Filmography

• The Experts (Die Sachverständigen) - 1973
• Fear Is a Second Shadow (Die Angst ist ein zweiter Schatten) - 1974
• The Last Years of Childhood [de] - 1979
• Man Under Suspicion (Morgen in Alabama) - 1984
• C*A*S*H: A Political Fairy Tale [de] - 1989
• Abgetrieben - 1992
• Alle haben geschwiegen - 1996
• Porträt eines Richters - 1997
• Verlorene Kinder - 2000
• Ich hab es nicht gewollt - Anatomie eines Mordfalls - 2002

References

1. "Berlinale: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
2. "Berlinale: 1984 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
3. "Berlinale: 1986 Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
4. "Norbert Kückelmann ist tot".

External links

• Norbert Kückelmann at IMDb