The company, which belongs to Swiss media conglomerate Highlight Communications AG, is a large independent German maker and distributor of productions.

[14] Constantin Filmverleih GmbH was founded in West Germany on 1 April 1950 by Preben Philipsen and Waldfried Barthel [de], who would later become the head of publicity for the company.

[18] In the following years, Constantin Film fixed its position on the international movie market by establishing various production subsidiaries across Europe in 1996.

[19][20] Constantin Film AG founded Rat Pack Filmproduktion GmbH with producer Christian Becker and his team in 2001.

The Swiss Highlight Communications AG (a strategy and finance holding with the operative segments of film and sports and event marketing) acquired 23 percent of the capital stock of Constantin Film AG from Kirch Beteiligungs GmbH und Co. KG and from diversified holdings for the first time in 2002.

In 2003, the board of Constantin Film AG embarked on a new strategic path for the company: the traditional business areas of production and distribution were expanded to include the three areas of license trading, home entertainment exploitation and increased TV service production (especially TV entertainment).

In this capacity, Moszkowicz is responsible for the company's film business, including worldwide production and distribution, world sales, marketing and publicity as well as corporate communication and legal affairs.

The newly created division “TV, Entertainment and Digital Media” concentrates the development and manufacture of all national and international productions of the company that are not intended for cinema exploitation.

[24] The most successful license titles and internal or co-productions in Germany include (in terms of numbers of viewers) The Never Ending Story (approx.

In October 2021, the Writers Guild of America West advised its members not to work for the company due it not being a signatory to the 2020 Minimum Basic Agreement.