Emilfork was born in San Felipe, 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.
Filmography
Actor
2007
Faut que ça danse! as
Le médecin militaire
2006
L'homme de la lune (Short)(voice)
2005
Les rois maudits (TV Mini Series) as
Maître Martin
- Le Lys et le lion (2005) - Maître Martin
- La Louve de France (2005) - Maître Martin
- Les poisons de la couronne (2005) - Maître Martin
- La Reine étranglée (2005) - Maître Martin
- Le Roi de Fer (2005) - Maître Martin
2000
Les frères Soeur as
André
1999
Babel as
Yatscov's Voice
1995
The City of Lost Children as
Krank
1995
De vliegende Hollander as
Ketterjager
1994
Taxandria as
First Minister
1994
Lou n'a pas dit non (voice)
1993
Die Inschrift des Gottes (Short)
1993
Artcore oder Der Neger as
Professor
1991
The First Circle (TV Movie) as
Nikol
1989
La dernière fuite (Short) as
L'homme qui soliloque dans son fauteuil
1988
Black Sequence (TV Series) as
Stojil
- La fée carabine (1988) - Stojil
1988
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober as
Le recteur
1988
Sueurs froides (TV Series) as
Alexis Monthurel
- Mort en copropriété (1988) - Alexis Monthurel
1988
M'as-tu-vu? (TV Series) as
Le curé
- Le trésor de Cardeillac (1988) - Le curé
1987
La poupée - Les mystères de l'agence K (TV Movie)
1987
Riviera (TV Movie) as
Messenger
1986
The Passage as
La Mort (uncredited)
1986
Pirates as
Hendrik
1984
Le château (TV Movie) as
L'instituteur
1983
The Beautiful Prisoner as
L'inspecteur Francis
1982
Meurtres à domicile as
Julius Zepernick - le propriétaire
1982
Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ as
Tatouius
1981
Caméra une première (TV Series) as
L'habitué
- Square X (1981) - L'habitué
1981
Susi (TV Series) as
Ingo Berg
- Meine Suche nach Anna (1981) - Ingo Berg
1980
Porporino (TV Movie) as
Le prince Sansevero
1979
L'extraordinaire ascension de Maurice Bellange (Short) as
Maurice Bellange
1979
Subversion as
Cagliostro
1978
Klimbim (TV Series) as
Max
- Episode #5.5 (1979) - Max
- Episode #5.3 (1978) - Max
1978
The Thief of Baghdad (TV Movie) as
Genie
1978
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? as
Saint-Juste
1978
Zwei himmlische Töchter (TV Mini Series) as
Oscar
- Ein Sarg nach Leech (1978) - Oscar
1978
Double détente (TV Movie) as
Anastase Goulian
1976
Fellini's Casanova as
Marquis Du Bois (as Daniel Emilfork Berenstein)
1974
Chéri-Bibi (TV Series) as
Le Kanak
1968
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (TV Series) as
Jacques Lasalle / Pietro
- Der Schein trügt (1974) - Jacques Lasalle
- Wie macht man einen Krimi? (1968) - Pietro
1973
Le canari (TV Movie) as
Récitant (voice)
1972
Travels with My Aunt as
Colonel Hakim
1971
Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! as
Mejid
1971
The Devil's Nightmare as
Satan
1971
Romulus le grand (TV Movie) as
Zénon - l'empreur romain d'Orient
1970
Rendez-vous à Badenberg (TV Series) as
L'Archiduc Charles
- Coup de théâtre (1970) - L'Archiduc Charles
- Retour à Paris (1970) - L'Archiduc Charles
- Le coup d'état (1970) - L'Archiduc Charles
- Renversement De Situation (1970) - L'Archiduc Charles
- L'enlèvement (1970) - L'Archiduc Charles
- Amour et prison (1970) - L'Archiduc Charles
- La chasse (1970) - L'Archiduc Charles
- Le bal (1970) - L'Archiduc Charles
- Les espions (1970) - L'Archiduc Charles
- Le château (1970) - L'Archiduc Charles
1970
Jumbo - Ein Elefantenleben (TV Movie) as
Psychiater Dr. Joseph
1970
Allô police (TV Series) as
Kempf
- La pantoufle de jade (1970) - Kempf
1970
Midi minuit as
Le marquis Robert Lorrain
1970
Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques (TV Movie) as
Le diable
1969
The Hand as
Le professeur
1968
La prunelle (TV Series) as
Agent X 25
- Prune et X 25 (1968) - Agent X 25
1968
Les bas-fonds (TV Movie) as
Le baron
1967
Signé alouette (TV Series) as
Marceau
- Episode #1.8 (1967) - Marceau
- Episode #1.7 (1967) - Marceau
- Episode #1.6 (1967) - Marceau
- Episode #1.5 (1967) - Marceau
- Episode #1.4 (1967) - Marceau
- Episode #1.3 (1967) - Marceau
1967
Lotosblüten für Miss Quon as
Inspector Gonsart
1967
The Unknown Man of Shandigor as
Herbert Von Krantz - le Savant
1966
Trans-Europ-Express as
Le faux policier / Phony Policeman
1965
L'école de la médisance (TV Movie) as
Foorbery
1965
La part du pauvre (TV Movie) as
Philippe de Garnitz-Reyben
1965
Lady L as
Kobeleff
1965
The Liquidator as
Gregory
1965
Dis-moi qui tuer as
Teotihuacan
1965
L'or du duc as
Le gardien
1965
What's New Pussycat as
Gas Station Man
1964
L'assassin viendra ce soir as
Le chef du gang des pompes funèbres
1964
Mission to Venice as
Monsieur Coliso
1963
Le commissaire mène l'enquête as
L'aveugle (segment "Fermez votre porte")
1963
Des frissons partout as
Yanakos - le grec
1963
Nutty, Naughty Chateau as
Gunther
1963
OSS 117 se déchaîne as
Sacha
1963
Ballad for a Hoodlum as
Molok
1963
Seul... à corps perdu as
Le valet de chambre
1963
La caméra explore le temps (TV Series) as
L'abbé Caamano
- La conspiration du général Malet (1963) - L'abbé Caamano
1963
Who Stole the Body? as
Igor - le majordome du professeur Hippolyte
1962
Magic story (TV Short) as
Ange Haschatân
1962
Candide (TV Movie) as
Martin
1962
La poupée as
Gant de Crin - l'assassin
1962
Le rendez-vous de minuit as
Le joueur de baccara
1962
L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête (TV Series) as
Albert
- Feu Monsieur Serley (1962) - Albert
1961
Le triomphe de Michel Strogoff as
Ben Routh
1961
Le massacre des innocents (TV Movie) as
Stephen
1961
Tintin et le mystère de la Toison d'Or as
Voice dubbing (uncredited)
1961
Le théâtre de la jeunesse (TV Series)
- Youm et les Longues Moustaches (1961)
1960
Le fils du cirque (TV Series) as
Le mandarin
1960
Danger in the Middle East as
Un tueur
1960
Un beau dimanche de septembre (TV Movie) as
Le directeur du restaurant
1960
Pantalaskas as
Le baron clochard
1959
Cristobal de Lugo (TV Movie) as
Peralta
1959
Riff Raff Girls as
Luigi le Napolitain
1959
Les motards as
L'espion aux pompes funèbres
1958
Le joueur as
Un employé du casino (uncredited)
1958
The Adventures of Remi as
George - le valet de Milligan
1958
Goha as
L'aveugle Ibrahim
1958
Le temps des oeufs durs as
L'expert en tableaux
1958
Inspector Maigret as
Manic (uncredited)
1957
La Parisienne as
Un huissier d'ambassade (uncredited)
1957
The Spies as
Hans Petersen - un espion
1957
No Sun in Venice
1956
The Hunchback of Notre Dame as
Andry le Rouge
1955
Girl on the Third Floor as
Le barman du Montana (uncredited)
1955
Frou-Frou as
Le critique en peinture (uncredited)
1955
School for Love as
Le professeur de violon
1955
Crime et châtiment (TV Movie)
Thanks
1995
L'Oeil du cyclone (TV Series documentary) (thanks - 1 episode)
- Castaneda et caetera (1995) - (thanks)
Self
2001
The Archives of Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Video documentary short) as
Self
1995
Les enfants de la cité perdue (Video documentary short) as
Self - Comédien
1995
L'Oeil du cyclone (TV Series documentary)
- Castaneda et caetera (1995) - (voice)
1990
Un film sur Georges Perec (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1983
Droit de réponse: l'esprit de contradiction (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 5 February 1983 (1983) - Self
1979
Tortur mit Torte - Wie macht man Klimbim und anderen Tingeltangel? (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1978
Klimbim (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #5.2 (1978) - Self
1974
Midi Trente (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 20 November 1974 (1974) - Self
1974
Samedi soir (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 16 November 1974 (1974) - Self
1965
Ecce Homo (Documentary short) as
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
1961
Les échos du cinéma (TV Series short) as
Self
- Episode #1.6 (1961) - Self
Archive Footage
2022
Le Fossoyeur de Films (TV Mini Series documentary)
- Le Héros méconnu du ciné de genre (2022)
2011
Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet Cinema (Video documentary) as
Saint-Juste (uncredited)
2010
Gargouille de charme - Daniel Emilfork, contre les apparences (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2010
Patrice Chéreau, le corps au travail (TV Movie documentary) as