Félix Marten

Acting

Félix Marten

Born 1919-10-29 · Remagen, Germany

Félix Marten (1919–1992) was a German-born French film actor. He was born in Remagen to a Finnish father, and his family fled Germany following the Nazi takeover. He is one of a number of actors to play Leslie Charteris's character Simon Templar in the 1960 film Le Saint mène la danse. Source: Article "Félix Marten" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Acting credits

Elevator to the Gallows poster
7.6

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

Elevator to the Gallows

1958

Is Paris Burning? poster
7.2

Near the end of World War II, General Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he's unable to maintain control of the city. After much contemplation, Choltitz ignores orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, alongside Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a leader organise his forces.

Is Paris Burning?

1966

Pasha poster
6.7

Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through the bas-fond of Paris...

Pasha

1968

Hit and Run poster
9.3

The unfortunate journalist Fred falls in love with the young wife of an older business tycoon. Fred's involvement with her involves him in both blackmail and murder.

Hit and Run

1959

Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend poster
4.5

Amazing Italian movie written and directed by Vittorio Sala and starring Félix Marten, Liana Orfei and Gastone Moschin. An adventurer steals a valuable diamond known as "Mountain of Light" from the museum. A band of gangsters gets on his trail to take his loot. It's going to be a long battle.

Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend

1966

Killer poster
5.1

Whilst being transferred to a psychiatric hospital, a ruthless serial killer Gassot makes a break and goes on the run. He arrives in Marseilles, intending to escape abroad. Here, he falls for a young prostitute, Gerda.

Killer

1972

It Happened All Night poster
5.3

Michel Ferréol reluctantly meets up with an old school friend, Antoine Fiesco. Michel didn’t like Antoine much when they were at school and tries to get away by making an excuse. He changes his mind when Antoine introduces him to his wife, a beautiful brunette named Christine.

It Happened All Night

1960

The Horse poster
6.9

Auguste Maroilleur, an elderly farmer, exploits 400 hectares of crop land with the help of his family, over which he rules with an iron hand. Things go awry the day he discovers one of his grandsons is involved in drug traffic. To make matters worse, the reckless youth has hidden the white powder in the Maroilleur farm. Without a moment's hesitation, Auguste gets rid of the toxic substance but, of course, the mob has different views...

The Horse

1970

The Grapes of Death poster
5.8

A young woman discovers that the pesticide being sprayed on vineyards is turning people into murderous lunatics.

The Grapes of Death

1978

Time of the Wolves poster
6.0

Patterning himself after the American gangster John Dillinger, the criminal (Robert Hossein) is tracked by the inspector (Charles Aznavour), a former childhood friend. Plenty of gunplay and psychology is used to trap the killer. His only tender moments are spent with his girlfriend Stella (Virna Lisi). Dillinger is cornered by the police and kills several innocent victims in a crowd during the shootout. The mob decides to take things into their own hands as they approach the doomed man with a noose when he runs out of bullets.

Time of the Wolves

1970

Dreams of Love poster
7.0

Paris, 1833. The famous composer Franz Liszt is friends with Chopin who introduces him to Countess Marie d'Agout. Very quickly Liszt falls in love and she, who is already married and has two children, abandons honor and reputation to follow him. They leave to live a great passion in Italy. Then, Franz Liszt gives concerts, the triumph awaits him everywhere. Little by little the fame of the composer will move the two lovers away.

Dreams of Love

1947

Maxime poster
6.2

Story of an aging dandy who is the factotum and arranger of female conquests for a brusque young millionaire.

Maxime

1958

Atomic Agent poster
4.5

Murderous foreign agents are after a scientist who has invented an atomic engine that could change the future of rocketry.

Atomic Agent

1959

The Eighth Day poster
5.9

Françoise, a thirty-year-old single typist lives only for her Sunday release. On this day, she attends a horse race under pretext of perfecting her taste for elegance and refinement. Georges, a neighbor widower, begins to court her.

The Eighth Day

1960

Operation Gold Ingot poster
7.0

The owner of a high-tech heating mechanism is being forced by gangsters to help them in a plot to steal gold ingots. An ex-secret agent is called in to search for him and stop the criminals.

Operation Gold Ingot

1962

Petit Jour poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Petit Jour

1962

Goubbiah and the Gipsy Girl poster
7.3

Goubbiah is a Yugoslav sponge fisherman. He loves Trinida, but she is promised to Peppo, the village drunkard. Jao tries to keep Goubbiah away from his daughter.

Goubbiah and the Gipsy Girl

1956

Pity for the Vamps poster
10.0

Paris, 1956. Three sisters, three actresses willing to do almost anything to make it big. Their lives, their loves, their dramas. A savory satire of the world of show business and cinema in particular.

Pity for the Vamps

1956

How to Make a French Dish poster
4.9

In this romantic drama, a middle-aged gambler tells a casino croupier her life story. The story is told in flashback and chronicles the woman's romantic exploits with men. Though she was involved with many men, only one really touched her heart. He was a bartender who was tragically shot and killed during an attempted robbery. She later marries and has a daughter. Unfortunately she alienates herself from her daughter when she has an affair with her daughter's fiance. Her remorse is short lived. The film jumps back to the present with the woman leaving the casino on the arm of a handsome millionaire.

How to Make a French Dish

1964

Le roi des montagnes poster
7.0

A young botanist, an Englishwoman and her daughter are prisoners of a group of bandits operating in the mountains of Albania. A ransom is demanded. The capture of the gang leader's daughter, however, brings the situation to a happy conclusion.

Le roi des montagnes

1963

The Dance of Death poster
5.5

On his journey through USA, Simon Templar, alias 'the Saint', landed in Palm Springs. After arrival, Simon is offered a job as a bodyguard of a millionaire who is threatened with death.

The Dance of Death

1960

Escapade poster
8.0

Some gangsters use a young girl to get to a recently released convict who hid $10 million from a robbery just before he was caught.

Escapade

1957

Baby Cat poster
4.4

The life of a Parisian photo model turns into a nightmare when the photographer with whom she used to work begins to pursue her constantly but she refuses his offers.

Baby Cat

1983

In the Mouth of the Wolf poster
8.0

Photographer Henri Barbier is lured by his old friend Barbara to fake the theft of her jewels. It turns out that he is suspected of murder and extortion, while Barbara and her lover are the culprits, which is eventually revealed.

In the Mouth of the Wolf

1961