Constantin Film

Constantin Film AG

Type	Subsidiary (Aktiengesellschaft)
Industry	Film production
Founded	Frankfurt, Germany (April 1, 1950)
Founder(s)	Waldfried Barthel Preben Philipsen
Headquarters	Munich, Germany
Key people	Bernd Eichinger (†2011) Fred Kogel
Parent	Highlight Communications (FWB: HLG)
Website	www.constantin-film.de

Constantin Film AG is a German film production and film distribution company.

History

Constantin Film Distribution GmbH was founded by Waldfried Barthel and Preben Philipsen on April 1, 1950 in Frankfurt, Germany. On December 21, 1964, the name of the company was changed to Constantin Film GmbH.

In the 1960s, Constantin film produced the Jerry Cotton and co-produced the Harry Alan Towers Fu Manchu series and the three Clint Eastwood spaghetti western film series.

In 1978, German film producer Bernd Eichinger bought into the company and became general manager of the now called Neue Constantin Film GmbH until 1999. He was the deputy chairman of the supervisory board up till his death in 2011.

Constantin Film AG has been listed on the stock market since 1999.

In 2007, Constantin Film announced support for Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. In January 2008, they declared exclusive support for Blu-ray Disc, dropping all future HD DVD releases.

List of films by Constantin Film Production GmbH

• The NeverEnding Story (1984)
• The Name of the Rose (1986)
• The House of the Spirits (1993)
• The Fantastic Four (1994) never released
• Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
• Der Schuh des Manitu (2001)
• Bandits (2001)
• Resident Evil (2002)
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
• Downfall (German: Der Untergang) (2004)
• Fantastic Four (2005)
• The Dark (2005)
• Before the Fall (2005)
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (German: Das Parfüm – Die Geschichte eines Mörders) (2006)
• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
• Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
• The Baader-Meinhof Complex (German: Der Baader Meinhof Komplex) (2008)
• The Wave (2008)
• Pandorum (2009)
• Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
• Fantastic Four 3 (TBA)
• The Three Musketeers (2011)
• The Vow (2012)
• Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
• Tarzan

External links

• homepage of Constantin Film
• IMDB entry for Constantin Film
• Constantin Film's 2nd logo