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Home/People/Daniel Emilfork
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Born
Apr 7, 1924Died: Oct 17, 2006
Lived 82 years
Place of Birth
Providencia, Santiago, Metropolitan Region, Chile
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

58
Movies
6
TV Shows
Also Known As
Daniel Zapognikof
Daniel Emilfork Berestein
IMDb Profile

Daniel Emilfork

Acting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Emilfork   licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Patrice Chéreau, the body at work poster

Patrice Chéreau, the body at work

as Self (archive footage)
2010
Taxandria poster

Taxandria

as First Minister
1996
The City of Lost Children poster

The City of Lost Children

as Krank
1995
The Flying Dutchman poster

The Flying Dutchman

as Ketterjager
1995
Lou Didn’t Say No poster

Lou Didn’t Say No

as (voice)
1994
The First Circle poster

The First Circle

as Nikol
1992
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober poster

The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober

as Rector
1988
La Fée Carabine poster

La Fée Carabine

as Stojil
1988
Riviera poster

Riviera

as Messenger
1987
The Passage poster

The Passage

as La Mort
1986
Pirates poster

Pirates

as Secretaire
1986
The Beautiful Prisoner poster

The Beautiful Prisoner

as Inspector Francis
1983
The Apartment Murders poster

The Apartment Murders

as Julius Zepernick
1982
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ poster

Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ

as Tatouius
1982
Subversion poster

Subversion

as Cagliostro
1979
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? poster

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

as Saint-Juste
1978
The Thief of Baghdad poster

The Thief of Baghdad

as Genie
1978
Fellini's Casanova poster

Fellini's Casanova

as Marquis Du Bois
1976
Travels with My Aunt poster

Travels with My Aunt

as Colonel Hakim
1972
Kill! poster

Kill!

as Mejid
1971