Edda Barends

Acting

Edda Barends

Born 1942-05-07 · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Acting credits

ERIK poster
NR

ERIK is a short film about memory, loss, and love. Erik, a 78-year-old man, is preparing to move out of his longtime home when he discovers that an important photograph of his wife is missing. As he searches through the empty rooms, it becomes clear that he is not only missing the photo but also losing his grip on reality. The film reflects on the profound and painful impact of Alzheimer’s, showing how it changes both those who live with it and their loved ones.

ERIK

2025

Broken Mirrors poster
6.0

Diane and Dora are two prostitutes who begin to rebel against their lot in life. Meanwhile, in another part of town, a murderer is at large.

Broken Mirrors

1984

The Assault poster
6.8

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.

The Assault

1986

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Charlotte Sophie Bentinck

1996

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Liefde half om half

1976

My Blue Heaven poster
7.0

Hans falls in love with Brenda, an Indonesian girl. Hans' father sells an old building to Brenda's father, so that he can open an Indonesian restaurant there. Hans' father is the owner of a snackbar himself. The restaurant becomes very succesful, but some racists can't handle that, so they set the snackbar on fire...

My Blue Heaven

1990

No artwork available
8.0

Based on three stories by R.J. Peskens.

Things Past

1982

A Question of Silence poster
6.3

When three women with no previous acquaintance kill a male shopkeeper in the middle of the day, the female psychiatrist assigned to the case sets out to understand why.

A Question of Silence

1982

Cowboy from Iran poster
7.0

The Iranian refugee Amir finds two golden retrievers while jogging on the beach. They have slipped their leash in the hands of Marijke, a middle-aged woman who takes out her daughter Emma's dogs every day and does her housekeeping. Marijke is not capable of keeping her selfish daughter in line and has no authority over the dogs. Amir wants to help her. When Emma hears she has subcontracted the dogs to a refugee, mother and daughter come into conflict. Emma looks for a replacement, but is eventually forced to ask Amir. When they meet, they get on at once, until his residence permit runs out.

Cowboy from Iran

1999

Esther, voorgoed op reis poster
8.0

TV movie based on the clearing of the Jewish psychiatric hospital "Het Apeldoornse Bosch" on 23 January 1943.

Esther, voorgoed op reis

1975

No artwork available
9.0

The Netherlands, 1940. At the age of 16, Tiny is already being asked to do all the work in the house and shop. After the Germans invaded the Netherlands, she fell in love with the German Bernd Verspohl at a dance. From then on she was called Moffengriet, the derogatory name for women in the Netherlands who got involved with German soldiers. Young happiness is overshadowed by the tragic events of the time.

Moffengriet - Liebe tut, was sie will

1990