Cast & creator
Rainer Kaufmann
Best known for Scene of the Crime, Polizeiruf 110, Grimme Award
Rainer Kaufmann (born 6 June 1959) is a German film director and screenwriter. Kaufmann's work ranges from commercially successful entertainment cinema to sophisticated and award-winning television films.
50
film credits
12
television credits
6
1964–2026 · acting roles
5.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (62)
Showing 62 of 62 credits
Scene of the Crime
Director
1970
Polizeiruf 110
Director
1971Grimme Award
Self
1964
Maxton Hall – The World Between Us
Greensman
2024Romy Award
Self
1990Blauer Panther
Self
1989Bavarian Film Awards
Self
1979Telestar
Self
1983
Die Puppenspieler
Director
2017
Eine Nacht in Bangkok
Director
2026
Die Kirschenkönigin
Director
2004Die Kirschenkönigin
Writer
2004Die Kirschenkönigin
Creator
2004
One of My Oldest Friends
Director
1995Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
Self
2007
Unexpected
Director
2014
Beste Bescherung
Director
2013
Talk of the Town
Director
1995
Kalt ist der Abendhauch
Director
2000
Blaubeerblau
Director
2012
One Man's Happiness
Director
2018
Das Beste aller Leben
Director
2015
Long Hello and Short Goodbye
Director
1999
Vier Töchter
Director
2006Kalter Hund
Lighting Technician
1986
In den besten Familien
Director
2012
Und wer nimmt den Hund?
Director
2019
Endlich Witwer - Griechische Odyssee
Director
2024
Liebling, weck die Hühner auf
Writer
2009
Weißt du noch?
Director
2023
The Most Beautiful Breasts in the World
Director
1990The Most Beautiful Breasts in the World
Producer
1990The Most Beautiful Breasts in the World
Editor
1990Das Beste kommt erst
Director
2009Von Ziet du Zeit
Director
1990
Nach der Hochzeit bin ich weg!
Screenplay
2011
Eine ganz heiße Nummer 2.0
Director
2019
Operation Zucker
Director
2013
Erntedank - Ein Allgäu-Krimi
Director
2009
Der Job seines Lebens
Director
2003Ein starker Abgang
Director
2008
Greenhorn
Director
1997Zimmer mit Stall - Kuhhandel
Director
2023Salz für das Leben
Director
1989
MuM Calls It Quits
Director
2021Dann eben mit Gewalt
Director
1993Die letzte Walküre
Director
The Pharmacist
Director
1997Und die Braut wusste von nichts
Director
2002
In aller Stille
Director
2010
Petra goes Swimming
Director
2025
Föhnlage - Ein Alpenkrimi
Director
2011
Runaway Horse
Director
2007Marias's Last Journey
Director
2005
Milchgeld. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
Director
2012
Running
Director
2022
Hatschipuh
Sound
1987
Trapps Sommer
Director
2024
My Lady in Blue
Director
2025Unschuldsengel
Director
1994Uferlos!
Director
2013
Seegrund. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
Director
2013