Constantin Film AG
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- Founded
- 1950
- Employees
- 201-500
- Offices
- 3
About Constantin Film AG
Constantin Film is a German film and television production and distribution company whose activities span development, financing, production and the commercial exploitation of audiovisual works. Its business combines German theatrical releases with international English-language productions and television projects, serving cinema audiences, broadcasters, streaming platforms and home entertainment markets.
Founded in Frankfurt in 1950 by Waldfried Barthel and Preben Philipsen, the company developed through film distribution and adaptations that helped shape post-war German cinema. After bankruptcy in 1977, producer Bernd Eichinger acquired and revived the business in 1979 as Neue Constantin Film. It became a public stock corporation in 1999, and Highlight Communications AG acquired full ownership in 2009.
Film production and distribution
The company's production history includes The NeverEnding Story, The Name of the Rose, Downfall and Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. Its German theatrical activities also encompass the Fack ju Göhte trilogy and the long-running Eberhofer crime comedy series. Distribution covers both internally produced titles and licensed international films.
Constantin Film established its Los Angeles production arm in 1996 to develop English-language projects for international audiences. Its work includes the Resident Evil film franchise, Monster Hunter and Shadowhunters. This production arm develops, finances and packages theatrical features and international television projects, complementing the company's German production and distribution activities.
Television and exploitation
The wider group develops television through specialized production subsidiaries, with activities extending from scripted television movies, miniseries and streaming originals to non-scripted entertainment, factual programming and comedy formats. These businesses operate alongside the company's theatrical production and distribution activities.
Across its production and distribution business, Constantin Film's capabilities include physical production, post-production supervision, theatrical release, home entertainment marketing, television licensing and digital exploitation. Rights acquisition, international co-productions and soundtrack publishing extend this model across different release channels and stages of a project's commercial life.
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Leadership
As of October 2026, Oliver Berben is Chairman and CEO, serving on the Executive Board alongside Martin Bachmann and Hanns Beese. Bernhard Burgener chairs the Supervisory Board, whose other members are Clive Ng, Peter von Büren, Roger Crotti, Hasan Dilsiz and Dr. Paul Graf.
Production leadership and development
The US production arm is co-led by Co-Presidents Pamela L. Kunath and Robert Kulzer. Constantin Entertainment operates under separate management led by Managing Directors Otto Steiner and Onno Müller.
The group's television businesses developed at different stages: Constantin Entertainment was founded in 2001, while Constantin Television was founded in 2006.
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Where Constantin Film AG is based
- Feilitzschstraße 6, 80802 Munich, GermanyMunich, Bavaria, Germany
Munich office
HeadquartersGlobal headquarters, theatrical distribution, motion picture production, executive offices and administration.
- Los Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles office
- 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 800, West Hollywood, CA 90069, USAWest Hollywood, California, United States
Constantin Film LA
About this office
Same-brand US production arm, legally Constantin Film Development, Inc., developing, financing and packaging English-language features and international television projects.
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