Jean Constantin
Birthday: Born in 1928-08-21 in Techirghiol, Constanța, România
Deathday: 2010-05-26
TV Credits
Toate pînzele sus
Character: Ismail
Full Sail is a TV series aired on Romanian National Television (TVR), based on the eponymous novel by Radu Tudoran. The series follow the adventures of two friends, the Romanian Anton Lupan and the French Pierre Vaillant. Anton Lupan tries to find the L'Esperance schooner, which belonged to them, wiyhout knowing that it was a victim of a pirate attack. But he hopes in particular to find Pierre, so they can start on a trip to an uncharted land, which they attempted several times to explore unsuc...
Meseriașii
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Movie Credits
Sexy Harem Ada-Kaleh
Character: Ismail
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The Way I Spent the End of the World
Character: Uncle Florică
Bucharest 1989 - the last year of Ceausecu's dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime before a disciplinary committee and Eva is expelled from school and transferred to a reformatory establishment. There she meets Andrei, and decides to escape Romania with him. Lalalilu becomes convinced that Ceausescu is the main reason for Eva's decision ...
The Immortals
Character: Scurtu
It's the story of a few men that wonder across Europe trying to come home and rebuild what Mihai Viteazul called "Romanian dream"....
Brigade Miscellaneous Steps In
Character: Patraulea
Brigade Miscellaneous fights crime in a funny and serious way....
The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians
Character: Temistocles
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Brigade Miscellaneous on Alert
Character: Patraulea
The adventures of three Romanian inept petty criminals during the 1970s....
Uncle Marin, the Billionaire
Character: Teach, șef de bandă
At a swanky hotel in a Black Sea resort, Gogu, one of the hotel employees, meets his uncle Marin, an Oltenian peasant who has come to visit. Gogu says he can sneak Marin into the hotel, as one of the rooms is empty awaiting the arrival of an American billionaire, Mr. Juvett. Marin is amazed by the revealing clothing worn by women at the resort, while the hotel guests are fascinated by his quaint peasant costume. In the hotel room, Marin is perplexed by the various gadgets. Meanwhile, the gangste...
The Duel
Character: Limbă (Tongue)
Officer Moldovan must solve the case of a robbery. Credit Central Bank was robbed fast and hard by a gang of professionals. Moldovan is trying to catch the man behind Rica Pasarin, the gang leader, by using his brother, who is a pickpocket thief....
Revenge
Character: Limba
"Revansa" (Revenge) appeared not so long after the preview movie of the series, "Un comisar acuza" (The Police Inspector Calls). In this sequel we meet up with police inspector Tudor Moldovan, once again, who wasn't actually killed and who has returned to put an end to Paraipan's actions once and for all. When Paraipan kidnaps Moldovan's kid, the police inspector makes up his mind to punish Paraipan and his bosses and to finish off the fascist movement, lead by Zavoianu and his allies. Together ...
The Last Bullet
Character: Floacă, zis Stampă
A continuation of a story started in the drama "With Clean Hands" (1972)....
A Police Inspector Calls
Character: Limbă
The Iron Guard, also known as Legion of Archangel Michael, was a Romanian nationalist and patriotic movement of extreme right; as such, after it rose to power, it supported Nazi Germany and started a fierce campaign of retaliation against its political enemies. As such, in the night of November 26-27, 1940, the Death Teams executed forty political prisoners in the Jilava prison (in the movie, named "Viraga"), and next day, other two Teams arrested and shot the former minister Virgil Madgearu and...
The Survivor
Character: Limba
After WWII Comisarul Moldovan spent years as a political prisoner of the communist regime. The favorite entertainment of the Russian Colonel in charge of the prison was to have the inmates play Russian Roulette. Only his unbelievable luck and survivor spirit helped Moldovan live through his detention. Out of the prison the ex-policeman joins an international Russian Roulette illegal gaming circuit. In late 70's faith brings him to a Central European town where Goldberg, an old acquaintance of hi...
I, You, and Ovidiu
Character: Misica
A witty and cheerful musical comedy made under the Communist regime....
Cucoana Chirița
Character: Barabulă
The Bârzoi manor comes back to life when the lady of the house, Chirița, sends news that she will be soon coming back from Paris. As the City of Light has changed her views on the world, the family and the help must follow....
The Mysteries of Bucharest
Character: profesorul Aurică
The Principality of Wallachia with the capital Bucharest (today a region of Romania) before the Revolution of the year 1848. A couple of secret societies are working to chase away the Prince Gheorge Bibescu from his throne, arms are transported on secret ways, preparing the first popular revolts in Bucharest, as the first act of the Revolution of 1848, which revolution is the first impulse of the later act of the Union of the Wallachia with Moldova (Romanian United Principalities in 1862, Kingdo...
The Boss of Champignol
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Claudius finds a foal and takes it home to his boss. The men who stole the animal are looking for him. Claudius names him Champignol and trains him for racing. When he grows up, Champignol wins a regional race. But the thieves return, and Claudius is forced to do odd jobs to keep his horse....
The Redhead
Character: Thief Achim / Tungsram
During the summer of 1944, while Romanians turn weapons against Nazis, Mihai, an orphan teenager whose parents died in a bombing, tries to enlist in order to fight in the front line but he discovers that former police commissioner Potra tortured and beaten prisoners, including his father, who was political detained. Mihai will fight to bring Potra in front of the justice....
The Poseidon Explosion
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A group of firefighters discover explosives on an abandoned ship which threatens the local city...
The Baron of the Locks
Character: Prince Héliakim Sadokkan
The lucky Baron wins a boat in a card game and takes off with his former lover to find new adventures. Adverse circumstances land them in a small town, where the Baron's seafaring companion leaves for more attractive scenery offered by a wealthy local man. Meanwhile, there is a certain charming cafe owner that the Baron finds irresistible -- at least for awhile....
Melodii, melodii
Character: Grecu
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Expresul de Buftea
Character: Jean
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The Dowry of Lady Ralu
Character: Parpanghel
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The Axe
Character:
A breathtaking story in which a woman goes in search of her husband....
The Silver Mask
Character: „profesorul” Aurică
Margelatu has to clear his name....
Miss Litoral
Character: Nea Mielu, căpitan de cursă lungă
Nea Costel and her consort, Didona, want their daughter, Tina, to participate in the Miss Litoral beauty contest. But Tina is in love with a shy and jealous boy who does not see in Tina a beauty of the kind that appears on the covers of magazines and wants to keep her only for himself....
Oil
Character: Jean
When a huge fire erupts at an oil field in the wilds of the Sahara Desert, an American who specializes in fighting oil-field fires and his team are called in to put it out. As the fire rages out of control, the expert finds that he not only has to battle the fire but greed and political corruption as well....
The Outlaws
Character: Parpanghel
First of 2 films set during the 18th century in the mountains of Wallachia, about a band of outlaws aiming to undermine the rule of the Phanariots and the Ottomans. The story evolves around the two stepbrothers who lead this band, Sarbu and Amza, with their complex and violent relationship....
Hot Days
Character: Cristea
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Felix and Otilia
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In this monumental Romanian film, a large family and its many generations vie for advantage, seeking to win the inheritance sure to be left behind by a wealthy older man of the clan. This movie is based on a popular novel by George Calinescu, and is similar in some ways to England's BBC television series, The Forsythe Saga, based on Galsworthy's books. Along the way, stories of friendship, love and rivalry emerge. In one story, a poor young man is disappointed in love as his girl chooses lucre o...
Brigade Miscellaneous in the Mountains and at the Sea
Character: Patraulea
Misc. Brigade must solve a drug traffic case, in their own way...
Crew for Singapore
Character: Cucu
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Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Character: Fourak
Charming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters with the pretty Cunégonde. World War II breaks out, and when he is drafted and taken prisoner, he is forced to take German nationality and ends up guarding the camp where he was imprisoned. He crossed into Switzerland, but as he had no bank account, he was incarcerated for eight days for trespassing. Hunted by the Gestapo, he kills two men to free Cunégonde, who has finally been found. They both flee ...
Păcală se întoarce
Character: The Gypsy
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The Turquoise Necklace
Character: Prof. Aurică
5th movie in the "Margelatu" series...
The Revenge of the Outlaws
Character: Parpanghel
Second of 2 films set during the 18th century in the mountains of Wallachia, about a band of outlaws aiming to undermine the rule of the Phanariots and the Ottomans. The story evolves around the two stepbrothers who lead this band, Sarbu and Amza, with their complex and violent relationship....
The Outlaws of Sevenhorses
Character: Parpanghel
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Săptămâna nebunilor
Character: Parpanghel
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The Martens Brothers
Character: Zailic
Historical movie based on the "The Martens Brothers" (Romanian: Frații Jderi) novel. The movie is in the top 20 most watched Romanian movies....
Stejar, extremă urgență
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The Secret of Bacchus
Character: Trandafir Bulbuc
Victor, an incisive journalist, discovers a series of irregularities in a State farming enterprise. His investigations will unmask the fraud committed by the person in charge of the wine section, called Bachus. Although aided by an impressive number of cronies, Bachus will not be able to hide forever infamous secret....
Farewell, Dear Nela!
Character: The Italian tourist
When a rich Romanian lawyer aims to find his 2 long-lost sons and inheritors he places an ad in the newspaper but many crooks show up instead....
The Second Fall of Constantinople
Character: Ismail
A romanian comedy from 1994...
We Do Not Film Just for Fun
Character: Painter / Petrică
This is a comedic meta-movie about making a movie on the Romanian seaside. The movie made is about some low level black market traffickers....
Operation 'The Bus'
Character: Gypsy
In 1950 a Western spy is clandestinely parachuted into Communist Romania to retrieve secret WW2 codes and agent lists and also to assist a group of anti-Communist guerrillas escape but the Communist police is setting a trap....
The Migrant Birds Are Coming
Character: Marin
In the Barza village, people grew accustomed to see doctors leave with the migratory birds. With the new doctor, they will have a surprise......
Mercenaries' Trap
Character: Corcodel
The movie is based on a true story from the end of WWI, in Transylvania. A nobleman who owned some land in Transylvania returns home to find a part of his fortune burned to ashes during late 1918 when power was trasfered from AustroHungary to Romania. Looking for revenge, he ordered the killing of innocent Romanian peasants from a neighbouring village, which he suspected to be guilty for the losses he suffered. A Romanian officer from Romanian Transylvanian Volunteers Corp, decides to help the v...
Secretul lui Nemesis
Character: James Giovanni Cocoloș
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September
Character: Jorj
After he fails to be accepted in college, Vali is questioned by police for participating in various thefts. He needs an alibi and he thinks the best one would be his father in Bucharest. To get there, he steals a motorcycle. In Bucharest he meets store clerk Anișoara, and he invites her to a seaside escapade. Their one day of love and future optimism is ended abruptly by a tragic motorcycle accident....
Iancu Jianu, Tax Collector
Character: Corcodel
The movie details the struggle of Iancu Jianu as he's torn between joining the struggle of the poor peasants from which he came from and being on the other side of the law working for the rich....
Iancu Jianu, Outlaw
Character: Corcodel
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Attack in the Library
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Andrei Mladin, a young investigative reporter, is set up for two murders by a criminal that he brought to justice earlier....
The Kidnapping of the Maidens
Character: Parpanghel
In 19th century Wallachia war-bands of Ottoman Turks from across the Danube river raid Wallachia with impunity while Wallachia's Phanariote rulers don't oppose them....
The Escape
Character: Ion Ion
Two Romanian soldiers manage to escape from a camp in Tatra mountains, Czechoslovakia....
The Man We Need
Character: Coach
A concrete expert is torn between his family, who wants to settle in a city, and his work, which requires constant relocating....
The Court Adjourns the Sentencing
Character: Cârlig
A judge is tasked to investigate a mining accident....
Shootings Under the Moonlight
Character: Badea Cîrleci
During 1947 Romania's Communist Security Forces hunt down the last anti-Communist resistance fighters in the remote mountain villages of Transylvania....
Grandpa and Two Young Offenders
Character: Vârlan
A police officer is investigating the disappearance of a colleague's young boy. His key seems to be the "dark skinned" friend of the boy about whom nobody cares, including the police....
Arms of Afrodite
Character: Jean
A Romanian construction company is contracted to build a sea port in Morocco. In the process they find some roman artifacts....
The Major and Death
Character: Driver
A police major is investigating a gangster....
The Canary and the Blizzard
Character: Animal Tamer
In the winter of 1933, an illegalist (a communist, member of a political party a party outlawed at the time) assumes the mission of a wounded colleague to transmit a secret message....
ROMing
Character: Somáli
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Anything for Soccer
Character: Max, animatorul galeriei echipei de fotbal
In a small provincial town everything goes well, apart from sports activities. The local soccer team is on the verge of relegation. But the ones responsible with the team are ready to do "everything for soccer", even match-fixing....
Too Little for Such a Big War
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A young boy becomes callous to the deaths and battles that rage on during World War II. He and his friends follow a peasant soldier of a Rumanian troop as they march to join the Russians in fighting the Nazis. He watches as one of his friends dies after destroying a German machine gun nest. He is slapped by a Rumanian soldier who is livid over the boy's nonchalance of his friend's death. He becomes a mascot of the advancing unit as they proceed to a castle in Czechoslovakia. When the men dress i...