Norbert Georg Kuchinke (5 May 1940 – 3 December 2013) was a German journalist and actor.

Norbert Kuchinke
Kuchinke in 1980
Born
Norbert Georg Kuchinke

(1940-05-05)5 May 1940
Died3 December 2013(2013-12-03) (aged 73)
Occupation(s)Journalist, actor
Years active1973–2013 (journalism),
1979–2008 (acting)

Born in Schwarzwaldau, Silesia, Germany (now Czarny Bór, Poland), until 1956, he studied at a Russian speaking school and mastered the language. From 1973, Kuchinke was the first correspondent of Der Spiegel (Hamburg, West Germany) and Stern in Moscow, Soviet Union.

Apart from journalism, he was an actor, appearing in five films through 1979 to 2008, most commonly playing foreign roles. His most noted role was as Bill Hansen, a Danish professor in the Soviet comedy-drama Autumn Marathon.[1]

Norbert Kuchinke died following a long illness on 3 December 2013, aged 73, at a hospital in Berlin, Germany.[2]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1979 Autumn Marathon Bill Hansen, professor from Denmark
1983 Two Chapters from the Family's Chronicle Foreign correspondent
1986 Boris Godunov Walter Rosen
1994 Nastya Foreign correspondent
2008 Where the Babies Come from? Proxor Sr. (final film role)

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