Michel ConstantinFilmography

Born:: July 13, 1924 in Paris, France
Occupation:: Actor
Birth name:: Constantin Hokhloff

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La Loi Sauvage

Actors: Michel Constantin, Lucas Belvaux, Hélène Lapiower

1986
La Baston

Actors: Robin Renucci, Veronique Genest, Gerard Desarthe, Michel Constantin

Synopsis: In this undistinguished clichéd thriller, a convict tries to go straight, but circumstances conspire against him. Some professional thugs con a group of naive delinquents into a burglary that is only meant to be a decoy for the police, so the real and more lucrative crime can be committed without Read More

1985
Le Telephone Sonne Toujours Deux Fois

Actors: Didier Bourdon, Seymour Brussel, Bernard Campan, Pascal Légitimus, Jean-Claude Brialy, Smain

Synopsis: In a first-time production by television comedians and café-theater actors, this is a slightly shallow comedy about a novice private detective and his cohorts, out to capture a feared "telephone killer" who strangles his victims (all female) with a phone cord. "The Commissioner" (Jean-Claude Brialy Read More

1985
Les Morfalous

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacques Villeret, Michel Constantin, Michel Creton, Francois Perrot, Matthias Habich

Synopsis: Considered more as a vehicle to display Jean-Paul Belmondo than as an independent, wartime action story, Les Morfalous rides the crest of the French actor's popularity and delivers a tale that highlights his persona. Belmondo is a member of the French Foreign Legion sent with others to Tunisia in Read More

1984
Amok

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Robert Liensol, Miriam Makeba, Richard Harrison

Synopsis: Although this is a good dramatic film about a northern Zulu who goes to Johannesburg and experiences the raw edges of apartheid, for some viewers the drama will be undermined by too much talking. This film won the grand prize at the 1983 Moscow Film Festival. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide Read More

1983
Tir Groupe

Actors: Gérard Lanvin, Véronique Jannot, Michel Constantin, Mario David, Roland Blanche

Synopsis: Antoine (Gerard Lanvin becomes a cool, controlled vigilante when his lover is murdered by three psychotic men preying on their victims in subways and trains. After acquiring a gun, Antoine starts his hunt for the killers and as both he and the police make progress in their search, they eventually Read More

1982
Deux Heures Moins le Quart Avant Jesus-Christ

Actors: Coluche, Michel Serrault, Jean Yanne, Françoise Fabian, Michel Auclair

Synopsis: The setting for this story is Rahatlcoum, a Roman colony in North Africa, but the "colonists" watch television, have gay bars, trade unions, and traffic problems -- something like the "Flintstones" in an Afro-French incarnation, slipping around on Monty Pythonesque dialogue. A gay Jules César's Read More

1982
Signe Furax

Actors: Bernard Haller, Jean-Pierre Darras, Dany Saval, Mylène Demongeot

1980
The Inglorious Bastards

Actors: Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Peter Hooten, Michael Pergolani, Jack Basehart

Synopsis: The Inglorious Bastards was the alternate title for the Italian adventure yarn Counterfeit Commandos. The main characters are five soldiers facing court-martial in World War II France. The quintet consists of Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Peter Hooten, Michael Pergolami, and Jackie Basehart. The Read More

2/8/78
Plein Les Poches Pour Pas Un Rond

Actors: Jean Lefebvre, Michel Constantin, Dany Saval, Nicole Norden

1978
Au-Dela De La Peur

Actors: Michel Bouquet, Michel Constantin, Marilù Tolo, Paul Crauchet, Michel Creton

Synopsis: Bourgeois family man Michel Bouquet inadvertently come into the possession of mobster information. The bad guys find out, and take over Bouquet's house, holding his family hostage. Bouquet is absent when this happens, but the crooks threaten to kill his loved ones if he doesn't come home and give Read More

8/8/75
La Traque

Actors: Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean-Luc Bideau, Michel Constantin, Michel Lonsdale

Synopsis: When a young Englishwoman (Mimsy Farmer) crosses the paths of an annual hunting party, two of the hunters rape and try to kill her. She manages to shoot one of them and escape. The rest of them decide to hunt her down. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

5/14/75
Il Bestione

Actors: Giancarlo Giannini, Michel Constantin, Giuseppe Maffioli, Giuliana Calandra

Synopsis: This simple movie, which follow the exploits of two transcontinental truck drivers as they wrestle their semi across Europe, is much enhanced by having the veteran actors Michel Constantin and Giancarlo Giannini in the roles of Nino and Sandro. At the beginning of the film, the two men have not Read More

8/12/74
O.K. Patron

Actors: Jacques Dutronc, Mireille Darc, Renée Saint-Cyr, Francis Blanche

Synopsis: Leon's uncle is the head of a criminal gang. Leon (Jacques Dutronc) has lived his life innocent of contact with his uncle (Michel Constantin) and knowledge of the gang. After the uncle has died and left the control of the gang to Leon, gang members show up on his doorstep wanting to be told what Read More

1974
Un Linceul n'a Pas de Poches

Actors: Jean-Pierre Mocky, Jean Carmet, Michel Constantin, Michel Galabru, Daniel Gélin

Synopsis: Sometimes a reporter's urge to tell the truth is unquenchable, at least when the reporter is Dolannes (Jean-Pierre Mocky). Unfortunately, his newspaper is owned by corporations which like to keep things on an even keel, and his stories are often "spiked," (kept quiet). Frustrated, he leaves the Read More

1974
Le Mataf

Actors: Michel Constantin, Georges Géret, Annie Cordy, Cathy Rosier

Synopsis: When intruders interfere in the robbery of Le Metaf (Michel Constantin) and his gang and a girl is murdered, they are set up for blackmail by an underworld figure who wants them to do a job for him. The thugs are double-crossed when they do the job, but Le Metaf wins free of their designs and gets Read More

6/20/73
Hommes

Actors: Michel Constantin, Marcel Bozzuffi, Angelo Infanti, Nicole Calfan

Synopsis: Italians have Sicily, famous for having a criminal underground as a shadow government, and the French have Corsica which is much the same. In this film, Fanto (Michel Constantin) is a gang leader who feels compelled to enact his revenge on those who have betrayed him. This in turn leads to a gang Read More

3/15/73
La ragazza di via condotti

1973
La Valise

Actors: Mireille Darc, Michel Constantin, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Lefebvre

Synopsis: Tunisia is a rough placed to be trapped in, especially if you are an Israeli spy (Jean-Pierre Marielle) on the run. Fortunately, the French embassy gives the ill-fated fellow a place to hide. Unfortunately, they can't smuggle him out, because there is an airline strike. Fortunately, he finds love Read More

1973
The Outside Man

Actors: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider, Michel Constantin, Angie Dickinson

Synopsis: This French-produced thriller was shot entirely in English. Jean-Louis Tritignant stars as Lucien, a hit man who goes to Los Angeles to end the life of an important local mobster. The mobster's heirs, who hired Lucien, had already hired yet another hit man (Roy Scheider) to kill him. He speaks Read More

1973
La Scoumoune

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Michel Constantin, Michel Peyrelon, Aldo Bufi-Landi

Synopsis: In 1934, Roberto Borgo (Jean-Paul Belmondo) leaves Sicily for Marseille, where his childhood friend Xavier (Michel Constantin) has just been condemned to 20 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Indeed, local gang leader, Villanova, has framed Xavier. Roberto confronts the mobster and Read More

10/28/72
Il était une fois un Flic

Actors: Michel Constantin, Daniel Ivernel, Mireille Darc

Synopsis: This French comedy/thriller is partly a spoof of the police/action genre and of The French Connection. The police inspector in this movie (Michel Constantin) gets in over his head when he arranges to impersonate the (dead) relative of a drug lord. The dead man's wife and child do not take too Read More

2/11/72
Les Caïds

Actors: Serge Reggiani, Jean Bouise, Michel Constantin, Juliet Berto

Synopsis: This French crime drama tells the story of an ill-fated quartet of burglars and hoodlums. Two older burglars, near retirement, dream of making one last big heist. One of them has a daughter, whom he has tried to keep away from his business. Still, when she falls in love with a young thug, her Read More

1972
Laisse Allez, C'Est Une Valse

Actors: Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Michel Constantin, Bernard Blier

Synopsis: This French language film is a typical action/crime film by director Georges Lautner. Serge (Jean Yanne) is a jewel thief, doing time in prison for a robbery. He was turned in by his wife (Mireille Darc), who is now the mistress of the head of the gang. The police let Serge out of prison, hoping Read More

4/7/71
La Part des Lions

Actors: Charles Aznavour, Robert Hossein

Synopsis: In this French caper film, Charles Aznavour stars as Eric, an architect-turned-writer who has grown increasingly dissatisfied with his life -- so much so that he turns down an award he has won (and then regrets it). His childhood friend Maurice (Robert Hossein) is a professional safecracker and Read More

1/1/71
Cold Sweat

Actors: Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, Jill Ireland, Michel Constantin

Synopsis: From Dr. No director Terence Young comes this action thriller starring Charles Bronson as Joe Moran, an ex-con whose old gang of drug dealers has just been released from prison. When it turns out the thugs have been holding a grudge against him, they kidnap Moran's wife, played by Liv Ullmann. In Read More

12/18/70
Violent City

Actors: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Umberto Orsini, Telly Savalas, Michel Constantin

Synopsis: This Italian crime melodrama was originally released as Citta Violenta. Charles Bronson stars as Jeff, an ex-convict living in New Orleans. Understandably, Jeff trusts no one but his curvaceous girl friend Vanessa (Jill Ireland). She is stolen away from him by Weber (Telly Savalas), the man who Read More

9/17/70
Vertige Pour un Tueur

Actors: Marcel Bozzuffi, Sylva Koscina, Marc Cassot, Michel Constantin, Daniel Moosmann

Synopsis: Marc (Marcel Bozzuffi) is a hood who is hunted down by his boss when he fails to execute a man who happens to be his friend. He is hidden by a woman (Sylvia Koscina) whose husband has murdered his business associate and wants Marc to take the rap for the crime. Michel Constantine is the friend Read More

8/5/70
La Peau de torpedo

Actors: Stéphane Audran, Lilli Palmer, Klaus Kinski, Michel Constantin, Jean Claudio

Synopsis: A network of spies affects the lives of people in and out of the organization in this routine espionage drama. Dominique (Stephane Audran) is the neglected wife of a spy who tracks him down at a Paris antique shop. Finding him with a female spy, the enraged wife shoots both of them. Dominique Read More

6/3/70
Dernier Domicile Connu

Actors: Lino Ventura, Marlène Jobert, Michel Constantin, Paul Crauchet

Synopsis: A veteran police inspector (Lino Ventura) is reprimanded after killing a youth who goes on a murderous killing spree. He is sent to a provincial police station where he is helped by his assistant (Marlene Jobert) in solving local crimes. As the duo embarks on a witness search, they begin to Read More

2/25/70
L'Ardoise

Actors: Jess Hahn, Michel Constantin, Elisabeth Wiener

Synopsis: Philippe (Salvatore Adamo) lands in prison for an attempted robbery. With the help of two convict he meets, he tries again to steal the papers that lead to his father's blackmail and ultimate suicide. Jess Hahn and Michel Constantine star as the veteran criminals who try to help Philippe but are Read More

1/9/70
Un Condé

Actors: Michel Bouquet, Françoise Fabian, Gianni Garko, Michel Constantin, Bernard Fresson

Synopsis: A crackdown on drugs leads a burned out cop (Michel Bouquet) to take the law into his own hands and seek revenge against villainous drug dealers. Word comes down from above that the United States feels French authorities have been lax on their arrests of the dealers. A violent action feature finds Read More

1970
Les Etrangers

Actors: Michel Constantin, Senta Berger, Julián Mateos, Hans Meyer

Synopsis: Chamoun (Michel Constantine) and his wife May (Senta Berger) arrive in the desert and take up residence in an abandoned house. Sheriff Brade (Hans Meyer) is suspicious of the couple and their beer-drinking mule. He discovers the woman is hiding out from the mafia after killing a gangster. Fearing Read More

6/11/69
L'Etoile Du Sud

Actors: George Segal, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews

Synopsis: In this comic adventure, an impoverished Yankee geologist and his cohorts band together with a group of fortune hunters to search for the priceless "Southern Star," an enormous diamond. The geologist has a double stake in the hunt as he not only hopes to earn much-needed cash, he also hopes to Read More

1969
La Fiancée du Pirate

Actors: Bernadette Lafont, Georges Géret, Julien Guiomar, Michel Constantin, Jean Parédès, Frances Lax

Synopsis: Also known as La Fiancée du Pirate and Dirty Mary, this French comedy noir stars Bernadette Lafont as Marie, the title character. Early in the game, Marie learns how to use sex as a means to an end. She enjoys the favors of several of her town's leading citizens, not-too-subtly suggesting that her Read More

1969
Dalle Ardenne All'Inferno

Actors: Faida Nicols

Synopsis: Set near the end of World War II in the Netherlands, Dirty Heroes concerns a group of ex-convicts recruited into the U.S. Army to recover Dutch jewels originally stolen by the Nazis as well as confiscated Allied plans. Ennio Morricone contributed the score music. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

12/21/67
Mise a Sac

Actors: Michel Constantin, Daniel Ivernel, Franco Interlenghi, Irène Tunc, Paul Le Person

Synopsis: A gang of crooks invades a small town in this unusual crime drama. After taking over the police station and the post office, they systematically rob all the banks and factory payrolls. The caper seems to have been motivated by a jilted husband whose wife ran off with a factory manager who Read More

1967
Les Grandes Gueules

Actors: Bourvil, Lino Ventura, Marie Dubois, Jess Hahn

Synopsis: Jean-Claude Roland and Lino Ventura play Nick and Laurent, a pair of not completely rehabilitated ex-convicts in Les Grandes Gueules. The twosome is hired by Hector (Bourvil), a well-meaning, unworldly sawmill owner. At first refusing to take their lumberjacking jobs seriously, the larcenous Read More

10/22/66
Le Deuxième Souffle

Actors: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin, Christine Fabrega, Pierre Zimmer

Synopsis: Veteran gangster Gustave (Lino Ventura) escapes from prison to find his sister is being blackmailed by some petty thugs in this crime thriller. He plans one last caper to steal enough money in hopes of retiring to a tropical paradise. He and his gang are sought by a detective (Paul Meurisse), the Read More

1966
La Loi Du Survivant

Actors: Michel Constantin, Alexandra Stewart, Christian Barbier

Synopsis: Manu (Michel Constantin) is a drifter who becomes wealthy when he finds a lost treasure. He rescues Helene (Alexandra Stewart) by helping her escape from the mansion where she is kept prisoner, and Manu and Helene barely escape a pack of vicious dogs who are hot on their trail. Manu falls for Read More

1966
Jerk A Istambul

Actors: Michel Constantin, Jean-Francois Poron, Anny Duperey, Pierre Richard

1966
Ne Nous Fachons Pas

Actors: Lino Ventura, Mireille Darc, Jean Lefebvre, Michel Constantin

Synopsis: A former gangster (Lino Ventura) comes out of retirement to help a petty thief (Jean Lefevbre) in this Gallic gangster comedy. Lino and his friend are confronted by a gang of long-haired British bikers who are after the money. Gadgets that are reminiscent of Bond-style spy films are used Read More

1965
Le Trou

Actors: Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu, Raymond Meunier, Marc Michel

Synopsis: Marc Michel plays an imprisoned man awaiting trial for the attempted murder of his wife. He is transferred to another cell, where his fellow prisoners are planning a jailbreak. He decides to go along with the elaborate plan, and the cellmates attempt to tunnel their way to freedom. Le Trou Read More

3/18/60

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