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name: "Rainer Klausmann"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rainer-klausmann"
fi1m_id: "rainer-klausmann"
imdb_id: "nm0458430"
tmdb_id: 5135
wikidata_id: "Q124954"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "9 April 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T20:25:47.132240+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rainer Klausmann

## Identity

Rainer Klausmann

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rainer-klausmann
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rainer-klausmann
- **IMDb ID:** nm0458430
- **TMDB ID:** 5135
- **Wikidata ID:** Q124954
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124954, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0458430/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5135

Cinematographer. Born 9 April 1949 in Wettingen, Switzerland.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 9 April 1949, Wettingen, Switzerland
- **Active:** 2004–2008
- **Frequently works with:** [Bernd Eichinger](https://film.one/person/bernd-eichinger.md)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, History 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $130m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124954, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0458430/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5135

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Head-On*](https://film.one/film/head-on.md) (72), [*The Baader Meinhof Complex*](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md) (65)
- **Tubi:** [*Downfall*](https://film.one/film/downfall.md) (81)

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## Biography

Rainer Klausmann is a Swiss cinematographer. Born on 9 April 1949 in Wettingen, he trained as a camera assistant and worked initially for Swiss cinematographers Hans Liechti and Thomas Mauch, including on Werner Herzog's *Fitzcarraldo* (1982). He became freelance in 1981 and took principal cinematography roles from 1984.

Klausmann has collaborated frequently with directors Markus Imboden, Oliver Hirschbiegel and Fatih Akin. His credits include *The Experiment* (2001), *Head-On* (2004), *Downfall* (2004), *The Edge of Heaven* (2007), *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), *Soul Kitchen* (2009), *In the Fade* (2017) and *The Golden Glove* (2019). He has also worked on numerous television productions.

He received the Adolf-Grimme-Preis for best cinematography in 1994, the Bavarian Film Prize camera award in 2001, and the German Film Prize (Lola) for *Head-On*.

*Sources: filmportal.de, de.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), Fi1m 65, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md)
- *Downfall* (2004), Fi1m 81, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/downfall.md)
- *Head-On* (2004), Fi1m 72, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/head-on.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Rhinegold* (2022), Director of Photography
- *The Golden Glove* (2019), Director of Photography
- *In the Fade* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Goodbye Berlin* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Chuzpe - Klops braucht der Mensch!* (2015), Director of Photography
- *The Cut* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Diana* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Mary, Queen of Scots* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Ruhm* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Playoff* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Times Change You* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Soul Kitchen* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation* (2009), Director of Photography
- *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), Director of Photography — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md)
- *Lemon Tree* (2008), Director of Photography
- *The Edge of Heaven* (2007), Director of Photography
- *The Invasion* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Arnies Welt* (2005), Camera Operator
- *Downfall* (2004), Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/downfall.md)
- *Head-On* (2004), Director of Photography — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/head-on.md)
- *Royal Children* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Solino* (2002), Director of Photography
- *The Experiment* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Comedian* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Kein Weg zurück* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Ich habe nein gesagt* (1999), Director of Photography
- *The Judgement* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Patricias Geheimnis* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Lessons of Darkness* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Scream of Stone* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Bride of the Orient* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Sepa: Our Lord of Miracles* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Rotlicht!* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Fetish & Dreams* (1985), Director of Photography
- *The Dark Glow of the Mountains* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Where the Green Ants Dream* (1984), Assistant Camera
- *Desperado City* (1982), Assistant Camera
- *The Boat Is Full* (1981), Camera Operator
- *Der Galgensteiger* (1979), Camera Operator
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, Director of Photography

## Gallery

- ![Deutcher Kamerapreis 2024, V.l.n.r.: Lukas Wunschik; Markus Ott, Nicolai Mehring; Anne Jünemann; Yana Höhnerbach; Philipp Straetker; Rainer Klausmann; Noah Böhm](https://film.one/media/person/98486/gallery-b8579c62a589.jpg) Deutcher Kamerapreis 2024, V.l.n.r.: Lukas Wunschik; Markus Ott, Nicolai Mehring; Anne Jünemann; Yana Höhnerbach; Philipp Straetker; Rainer Klausmann; Noah Böhm — Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/2024-05-24-Gruppenfoto-Deutscher_Kamerapreis-4766.jpg/1280px-2024-05-24-Gruppenfoto-Deutscher_Kamerapreis-4766.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Deutcher Kamerapreis 2024, V.l.n.r.: Lukas Wunschik; Markus Ott, Nicolai Mehring; Anne Jünemann; Yana Höhnerbach; Philipp Straetker; Rainer Klausmann; Noah Böhm](https://film.one/media/person/98486/gallery-391956d5e879.jpg) Deutcher Kamerapreis 2024, V.l.n.r.: Lukas Wunschik; Markus Ott, Nicolai Mehring; Anne Jünemann; Yana Höhnerbach; Philipp Straetker; Rainer Klausmann; Noah Böhm — Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/2024-05-24-Gruppenfoto-Deutscher_Kamerapreis-4782.jpg/1280px-2024-05-24-Gruppenfoto-Deutscher_Kamerapreis-4782.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rainer Klausmann](https://film.one/media/person/98486/gallery-aef53ace49d7.jpg) Rainer Klausmann — Arnold Odermatt, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Dreharbeiten_Urs_Odermatt.jpg/1280px-Dreharbeiten_Urs_Odermatt.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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