Daniel Emilfork

Biography

Daniel Emilfork Berenstein (April 7, 1924 – October 17, 2006) was a Chilean stage and film actor.

Emilfork was born in Providencia, Chile after his Jewish socialist parents from Kiev fled a pogrom in Odessa. At age 25, he left Chile and settled in France, because, according to his friend Alejandro Jodorowsky, he didn't feel comfortable being a homosexual man in Chile. Emilfork's face was out of the norm and had made him a choice character actor for films such as The City of Lost Children (1995). He specialized in roles of villains. Previously he had played in The Devil's Nightmare (1971), Travels with My Aunt (1972) and Fellini's Casanova (1976), in Roman Polanski's Pirates (1986) and in Taxandria (1994). He carried on acting up until his death, his last film appearing in 2007. Emilfork's voice and accent when speaking French was extremely striking and unique. He died in Paris, France.

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Known For

The City of Lost Children

Ballad for a Hoodlum

Travels with My Aunt

The Doll

Riff Raff Girls

Pantalaskas

Danger in the Middle East

Filmography

2010 Patrice Chéreau, the body at work

as Self (archive footage)

2005 The Accursed Kings

as Maître Martin

1996 Taxandria

as First Minister

1995 The City of Lost Children

as Krank

1995 The Flying Dutchman

as Ketterjager

1994 Lou Didn’t Say No

as (voice)

1988 The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober

as Rector

1988 La Fée Carabine

as Stojil

1987 Riviera

as Messenger

1986 The Passage

as La Mort

1986 Pirates

as Secretaire

1983 The Beautiful Prisoner

as Inspector Francis

1982 Meurtres A Domicile

as Julius Zepernick

1982 Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ

as Tatouius

1979 Subversion

as Cagliostro

1978 Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

as Saint-Juste

1978 The Thief of Baghdad

as Genie

1976 Fellini's Casanova

as Marquis Du Bois

1974 Chéri-Bibi

as Le Kanak

1972 Travels with My Aunt

as Colonel Hakim