
Acting
Max Volkert Martens
Born
1948-01-01 (78)
Place of birth
Itzehoe, Germany
Known for
Acting
Credits
63 titles
Known for
4.7Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.
DAS!
1991
6.2Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime
1970
No synopsis available yet.
ZIBB
2003
7.6CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.
Homeland
2011
6.2Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.
Polizeiruf 110
1971
6.6A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
6.0Inspector Dupin actually wanted to spend his honeymoon with his wife Claire in a famous wine region, but when a murder occurs, the vacation is over.
Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Glory
2024
NRThe onset of dementia is restricting Wilhelm more and more. He so desperately wants to remember that one thing he wanted to do. Between caring for him and dealing with his own idealized image of his father, his son Micha loses sight of Wilhelm. But what the two of them discover about each other that day changes their lives forever.
I forgot what It was I wanted to do
2025
2010s · 3 titles
6.3Forced to face the cruel side of life, a devastated, bankrupt merchant chances upon the enchanted castle of a hideous creature, the mere sight of it chills the bone to the marrow. There, a fate worse than death awaits the poor father-of-six, who, after plucking a sweet-scented rose from the repulsive master's verdant garden, must do the impossible: permit his compassionate daughter, Belle, to take his place and pay for the sins of her parent. Now, an impenetrable mystery shrouds the haunted mansion, and, as repugnance gradually turns into affection, only true love could break the spell.
Beauty and the Beast
2014
6.5A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team tracking the movements of potential terrorists.
A Most Wanted Man
2014
4.5Dr. Claudia Harding is a scientist at the Maritime Institute in Hamburg and, after years of research, has found the site of a sunken ship containing a precious emerald. She travels to Grenada and meets the charismatic skipper Richard "Rick" Bertold. Although he has a doctorate, he now prefers to live as an adventurer and treasure hunter. Together with the crew of the salvage ship, they set off in search of the ship. But Claudia soon realizes that there is a traitor on board.
Inseln vor dem Wind
2012
2000s · 2 titles
NRDevi, in her mid-thirties, is in the midst of a life crisis. She walks dogs in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district and has neither a husband nor a child nor a successful career to show for herself. She is also searching for her great childhood sweetheart, Jonny Miller, with whom she lived in a shared apartment, but all she knows is that he lives in New York. Her search proves fruitless. Devi decides to leave everything behind, sublet her "apartment with stove heating," and go straight to New York to look for Jonny Miller. But everything turns out differently...
Große Lügen!
2007
6.5The mechanic Kobja wants to start a new life in New Zealand. But the necessary money for the overflight is missing.
Herzentöter
2006
1990s · 7 titles
5.0Despite her friends' warnings, a woman travels to the Sahara, determined to find her missing archaeologist father and the magical tower he was searching for. Aided by a mysterious prince, she battles outlaws and the desert's harsh conditions.
Tower of the First Born
1998
A comedy directed by Vivian Naefe.
Mauritius-Los
1991
Edgar Allen Poe fanatic and literature professor Dudley (Heinz Hoenig) is an extraordinary chamber scholar, in whose life the mysterious Annabel (Stephanie Philipp) suddenly enters, similar to the title of a poem by his beloved writer. Annabel gives theatre performances in the auditorium of a Dutch university and Dudley is completely in love with her. They have a fantastic weekend together, but then she disappears as mysteriously as she had come. Dudley embarks on an endless quest that is stiff with Poe symbolism. It takes him to the red light district of Amsterdam, but also to the jet-set of Berlin and the beaches of the Baltic Sea.
Die Spur führt ins Verderben
1993
3.7Banker Doris has everything you need for a career except testosterone. Time and again, the young employee is passed over for promotion. Now Philip is put in front of her. The charmer quickly turns out to be a macho pig: first he dismisses Doris' best friend, then he becomes pushy. Only now does the gray mouse finally give him a piece of her mind.
Das ist dein Ende
1995
Bosch witnesses a theft: German publishing house lawyer Petra Jansen's handbag is stolen from a street café. Together, the two set off in pursuit of the thief.
Blinde Augen klagen an
1996
Former GDR secret service agent Wolfgang Dreher is sentenced to life imprisonment. While still in the courtroom, he threatens to wake up his sleepers if the sentence is not overturned. The assignment: the Federal Prosecutor General. Nicola Helling, an agent at the Federal Criminal Police Office, tries in vain to prevent the assassination attempt. But Dreher is still not free. His next assignment: an assassination attempt on the Federal Chancellor. Nicola Helling heads the SOKO, which is searching for the sleeper agent - who is apparently among the ranks. When Dreher dies in prison, the only link to the killer is lost...
Der Handymörder
1998
No synopsis available yet.
Durst nach Rache
1995
1980s · 7 titles
5.4An American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.
Judgment in Berlin
1988
No synopsis available yet.
Hart an der Grenze
1985
No synopsis available yet.
Dagmar
1985
No synopsis available yet.
Die Aufgabe des Dr. med. Graefe
1982
No synopsis available yet.
Falsche Liebe
1982
No synopsis available yet.
Der Tunnel
1983
No synopsis available yet.
Pattberg's Legacy
1987
Undated · 1 titles
Series credits
4.7Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.
DAS!
1991
6.2Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime
1970
6.2Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime
1970
6.2Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime
1970
6.2Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime
1970
No synopsis available yet.
ZIBB
2003
7.6CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.
Homeland
2011
6.2Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.
Polizeiruf 110
1971
6.2Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.
Polizeiruf 110
1971
6.6A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
6.4The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.
SOKO Köln
2003
5.8Küstenwache is a German television series that tells the fictionalized adventures of a unit of Federal Coast Guard officers off the German coast of the Baltic Sea.
Küstenwache
1997
5.7Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.
A Case For Two
1981
5.7Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.
A Case For Two
1981
5.7Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.
A Case For Two
1981
5.7Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.
A Case For Two
1981
6.0Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.
Großstadtrevier
1986
6.0The SOKO Stuttgart team investigates analytically and with sensitivity in the likeable state capital. The exciting cases of the series lead them to bizarre crime scenes and to different milieus.
SOKO Stuttgart
2009
7.2After his handler is killed, police dog Rex teams up with recently-divorced inspector Richard Moser to investigate crimes and solve mysteries on the streets of Vienna. And they sometimes get help from their two-legged friend, Inspector Stockinger.
Inspector Rex
1994
9.0Railway-related documentary covering modern railway systems, museum railways and their facilities as well as items on model railway layouts. Politics and criticism is not left out; the series reports on closures, controversial model ideas, delays to reconstruction plans or smart commuter transport concepts.
Eisenbahn-Romantik
1991
2.5Für alle Fälle Stefanie is an German medical drama television series created by Werner Krämer that aired on Sat.1 from May 15, 2005 to August 29, 2005. It was produced by Novafilm Fernsehproduktion. Für alle Fälle Stefanie follows the professional and personal life of nurse Stefanie Engel, then Stephanie Wilde and for a short time Fanny 'Stephanie' Stephan. The show was a giant success for the network and had around seven, in later years, five million viewers on a weekly basis. It won the Goldene Kamera award in 1997 and the Bavarian TV Award in 1996.
Für alle Fälle Stefanie
1995
2.5Für alle Fälle Stefanie is an German medical drama television series created by Werner Krämer that aired on Sat.1 from May 15, 2005 to August 29, 2005. It was produced by Novafilm Fernsehproduktion. Für alle Fälle Stefanie follows the professional and personal life of nurse Stefanie Engel, then Stephanie Wilde and for a short time Fanny 'Stephanie' Stephan. The show was a giant success for the network and had around seven, in later years, five million viewers on a weekly basis. It won the Goldene Kamera award in 1997 and the Bavarian TV Award in 1996.
Für alle Fälle Stefanie
1995
2.5Für alle Fälle Stefanie is an German medical drama television series created by Werner Krämer that aired on Sat.1 from May 15, 2005 to August 29, 2005. It was produced by Novafilm Fernsehproduktion. Für alle Fälle Stefanie follows the professional and personal life of nurse Stefanie Engel, then Stephanie Wilde and for a short time Fanny 'Stephanie' Stephan. The show was a giant success for the network and had around seven, in later years, five million viewers on a weekly basis. It won the Goldene Kamera award in 1997 and the Bavarian TV Award in 1996.
Für alle Fälle Stefanie
1995
5.7The exciting stories about the cheeky chimpanzee Charly, who finds a new home with a Berlin vet family.
Unser Charly
1995
7.3Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.
Der Fahnder
1984
7.3Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.
Der Fahnder
1984
3.7Wolffs Revier is a German television series.
Wolffs Revier
1992
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Der letzte Zeuge
1998
7.4Mord mit Aussicht is a German satirical crime comedy television series, produced by ARD, following the adventures of Sophie Haas, a detective from the city that takes a job in the fictional country village of Hengasch. Much of the humour of the series derives from the clichés of both city and provincial lives, in a similar manner to the English comedy crime series Midsomer Murders.
Homicide Hills
2008
Dr. Sommerfeld – Neues vom Bülowbogen is a German television series.
Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen
1997
6.3Liebling Kreuzberg was a television series on ARD, which was sent in five seasons with a total of 58 episodes the first time from 1986 to 1998. The scripts of seasons one through three and five were from Jurek, of his friend Manfred Krug wrote the role of idiosyncratic Berlin attorney Robert favorite on the body, the fourth season was written by Ulrich Plenzdorf. Director Heinz Schirk, Werner Masten led and Vera Loebner. Producing Series transmitters were the SFB, the NDR and WDR. The music of the first season was. Hans-Martin Majewski, in the later seasons of Klaus Doldinger.
Liebling Kreuzberg
1986
6.8Peter Strohm is a private detective with radical methods. His work begins where police work ends; he takes on sensitive cases that require a certain scale, or explosive situations that can lead to international crises.
Peter Strohm
1989
6.8Peter Strohm is a private detective with radical methods. His work begins where police work ends; he takes on sensitive cases that require a certain scale, or explosive situations that can lead to international crises.
Peter Strohm
1989
4.0No synopsis available yet.
Never Too Late for Justice
2016
8.0Die Kommissarin is a German police TV series which aired on Das Erste. Its 66 episodes ran from 1994 till 2006. The series, which takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is notable as being the first, and as yet one of the few commercially successful, German detective series to have a female lead character. The main character is Inspector Lea Sommer, played by Hannelore Elsner. Sommer is divorced with custody of her teenage son, Daniel. She is looking forward to a new relationship with her new boyfriend, Jonathan. Although Lea and Jonathan telephone each other frequently, he has never actually been seen or heard on screen. Sommer was originally paired with Nick Siegel, but in a 1996 episode, Siegel was shot to death by an escaping criminal. His last words were "Lea, ich fühle mich so kalt". Sommer's current partner officer is Jan Orlop. Die Kommissarin airs on the German Language channel German Kino Plus in the United States. In Finland it airs on YLE TV2 under the title Etsivä Lea Sommer.
Die Kommissarin
1994
7.5HeliCops – Einsatz über Berlin is a German television series.
HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin
1998
Frauenarzt Dr. Markus Merthin is a German television series.
Frauenarzt Dr. Markus Merthin
1994
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Auf eigene Gefahr
1993
7.0Mord in bester Gesellschaft is a German television series.
Mord in bester Gesellschaft
2007
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Herzensbrecher – Vater von vier Söhnen
2013

