Eric van der Donk

Eric van der Donk

Born: June 29, 1929
in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Movies for Eric van der Donk...

Cat and Mice
Title: Cat and Mice
Released: September 28, 2010
Type: Movie
Story with a macabre twist about a peculiar boy, who gathers cats from the street and returns them - for a reward - to the rightful owner. One day, he comes across a poster that reports the missing of a beautiful girl. His observations, distorted by loneliness, lead him to believe he knows where she is, but during his rescue operation he loses sight of the dangers of the real world.
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Arie
Title: Arie
Released: September 28, 2009
Type: Movie
An elderly man pines away in a nursing home. His family calls on him out of a guilty conscience, but they try to get away from the stuffy atmosphere as soon as possible. The old man obliges them and behaves unresponsive. But as soon as everybody is gone, he smiles contented while softly speaking to his canary Arie. The human form the bird suddenly assumes is the kick-off for an adventure.
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Where Is Winky's Horse?
Title: Where Is Winky's Horse?
Character: Oom Jacob
Released: October 10, 2007
Type: Movie
In the sequel to "Winky's Horse", 8-year old Winky looks after the horse of St Nicholas. Then one day the horse runs away.
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Het zwijgen
Title: Het zwijgen
Character: Oom Lambertus
Released: March 23, 2006
Type: Movie
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Annelie in the Depths of the Night
Title: Annelie in the Depths of the Night
Character: De Muizenkoning
Released: December 22, 2004
Type: Movie
A young girl called Annetje Lie is staying with her grandmother for an undisclosed period after her father unceremoniously dropped her off and left. At night, Annetje disappears into a dream world in which her friend the Moon transports her back to her elderly home. There she gets into all sorts of nightmarish adventures with the King of Mice and the mysterious Heintje Vaar. Meanwhile, her grandmother is beginning to suspect Annetje might be seriously ill.
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Hidden Flaws
Title: Hidden Flaws
Released: October 28, 2004
Type: Movie
Seventy-year-old Agnes takes the ashes of her dear Robert and travels to their regular holiday cottage on the Scottish island of Mull. On the way, two Dutch runaways, the ten-year-old girl Chris and her younger brother Tommie, sneak into her car. The children warn Agnes they will flee again if she calls the police. In the secluded house, beautifully located near a bay with a view of the sea, the elderly woman and the children gradually grow towards each other. Chris is confident and short-tempered, and dominates not only her younger, pigheaded brother, but also old Agnes, who loses herself in memories of Robert. Meanwhile, Agnes has to withstand the people who want to take over the house from her. The surroundings play a major role in this adaptation of Renate Dorrestein's novel about family, trust and secrets.
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De kroon
Title: De kroon
Character: Max van der Stoel
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
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Morlang
Title: Morlang
Character: Wim Giel
Released: November 22, 2001
Type: Movie
Inspired by true events, a chilling psychological drama. A couple's secret pact takes an unexpected, sinister turn.
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The Silence of the Soul
Title: The Silence of the Soul
Released: March 6, 2000
Type: Movie
Susan is a successful, young businesswoman who apparently lives the perfect life: a good career and an upcoming marriage. During a visit to Belgium, however, she suddenly comes face to face with Jules, a notorious murderer who is just being transported from the court. He leaves her confused and intrigued. Without knowing why Susan tries to get in touch with this man, who turns out to be a simple and humble man who killed his girlfriend 14 years ago. During his imprisonment Jules has become a Christian. He and Susan develop a close friendship and it appears that Susan has been carrying a secret since childhood. Their relationship causes a split between her and David, her husband-to-be, who turns out to be a jealous and dangerous character. He keeps telling Susan that Jules can't be trusted. Susan decides there's only one way to find out: she pushes him to the extreme. Will she survive? Based on a true story.
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Little Crumb
Title: Little Crumb
Character: Commissaris
Released: December 22, 1999
Type: Movie
The film is based on the popular Dutch childrens book by Chris van Abkoude. In a Dutch port in 1921 lives a 10-year-old orphan boy known to everyone simply as Little Crumb. His poverty-stricken mother Lize van Dien filled with shame was forced to turn him over to Mrs. Koster soon after he was born. Foster mother Mrs. Koster, who has cared for him since he was a baby, is very poor too, unable to support him by herself and proves to be a cruel taskmaster who insists Crumb bring her money before shell feed him. Somehow he must earn his keep out on the streets and can only go home after he has earned enough money. Crumb becomes an urchin stealing from the streets barrows and the shops to stay alive, sleeping in churches or huddled in doorways. Sometimes he has to run off from the police and he has earned the enmity of the most grownups around him.
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The Dress
Title: The Dress
Character: Painter
Released: March 21, 1996
Type: Movie
The story of a summer dress and those who have to do with it, especially the train conductor (played by van Warmerdam, the director). The dress functions as catalyst for the whimsical events, which turns out to be either tragic or hilarious.
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Het contract
Title: Het contract
Character: Cruise Manager
Released: October 25, 1992
Type: Movie
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The Assault
Title: The Assault
Character: Simon
Released: February 6, 1986
Type: Movie
At the end of WWII the Dutch resistance kills a German officer in front of the house of a Dutch family. Years after the war the young boy who witnessed the killing runs into the members of the resistance who committed the killing.
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Fien
Title: Fien
Character: Frits Schiller
Released: October 13, 1985
Type: Movie
Four-part musical about the life of Dutch actress Fien de la Mar, chronicling her earliest days on stage with her father, her glory days as a stage and movie star and the building her own theatre, up until the tragic end of her life.
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Murder in Ecstasy
Title: Murder in Ecstasy
Character: Commissaris
Released: February 15, 1984
Type: Movie
De Cock and Vledder investigate the robbery of an armored truck which leads to several murders.
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Links
Title: Links
Character: Henk Duif
Released: January 11, 1983
Type: Movie
Registration of Herman Heijermans' play, performed by the 'Toneelgroep Theater' company.
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De Orde Der Dingen
Title: De Orde Der Dingen
Character: School Principal
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie