Rainer Kaufmann

Rainer Kaufmann
Born	(1959-06-06) 6 June 1959 Frankfurt, West Germany
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1989–present

Rainer Kaufmann (born 6 June 1959) is a German film director. He directed more than thirty films including The Pharmacist and Operation Sugar, a film about human trafficking.

Selected filmography

• Dann eben mit Gewalt (1993, TV film) — (based on a novel by Jan de Zanger)
• The Little Innocent (1994, TV film)
• One of My Oldest Friends (1995) — (based on a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
• Talk of the Town (1995)
• The Pharmacist (1997) — (based on a novel by Ingrid Noll)
• Long Hello and Short Goodbye (1999) — (screenplay by Jeff Vintar)
• Cold Is the Evening Breeze (2000) — (based on a novel by Ingrid Noll)
• Queen of Cherries (2004, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by Justus Pfaue)
• Marias's Last Journey (2005, TV film)
• Four Daughters (2006, TV film) — (based on a novel by Inger Alfvén)
• Runaway Horse (2007) — (based on a novella by Martin Walser)
• A Grand Exit (2008, TV film)
• The Best Is Yet to Come (2008, TV film)
• Thanksgiving (2009, TV film) — (based on a novel by Volker Klüpfel and Michael Kobr)
• In aller Stille (2010, TV film)
• Blaubeerblau (2011, TV film)
• When the Foehn Wind Is Blowing (2011, TV film) — (based on a novel by Jörg Maurer)
• Milk Money (2012, TV film) — (based on a novel by Volker Klüpfel and Michael Kobr)
• Operation Sugar (2012, TV film)
• Seegrund. Ein Kluftingerkrimi (2013, TV film) — (based on a novel by Volker Klüpfel and Michael Kobr)
• Unexpected (2014, TV film)
• Die Puppenspieler (2017, TV film) — (based on a novel by Tanja Kinkel)
• Der Polizist und das Mädchen (2018, TV film)
• Lost in Separation (2019)

External links

• Rainer Kaufmann at IMDb