Preben Philipsen

http://www.constantin-film.de/1/home/

http://www.imdb.com/company/co0002257/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxk_3Bdd5FE

Blev som sin far filmpioneren Constantin Philipsen filmproducer og sammen med den tyske producer Walfried Barthel startede Preben Philipsen Constantin Film.

Med sine gode forbindelser til det amerikanske United Artists, skaffede PP sig rettighederne til at vise selskabets film og den første Charlie Chaplins Guldfeber gav Constantin Film en god start.

I 1955 bestemte PP sig for at videreføre sin fars selskab Rialto Film. Fik her stor succes med film lavet over Edgar Wallaces kriminalromaner.

I 1958 købte PP sammen med broderen Mogens "Basarhuset" på Frederiksberg for en million, satte det i stand for ca. 10 millioner og åbnede året efter med en særforevisning af filmen "Some like it hot" (Ingen er fuldkommen). Her var Billy Wilder, Harold Mirisch og Jack Lemmon tilstede. Filmen var på plakaten i mere end 3 måneder, men blev overgået af Doktor Zhivago, der spilledes i godt 2 år. PP producerede over 40 film for forskellige selskaber, bl.a. Støvsugerbanden og Harry og kammertjeneren, begge i samarbejde med Bent Christensen. PP fik rettighederne til at vise Cinerama i Danmark og det øvrige Norden og forsøgte forgæves at få det installeret i 3 Falke Bio. Købte i 1973 Imperial Bio, men her blev det heller ikke installeret.

(Gengivet fra www.gravsted.dk)

Andre links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantin_Film

http://www.constantin-film.de/1/home/

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0680127/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantin_Film

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(From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantin_Film)

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) (2005)

Fantastic Four (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)

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