Eric van der Donk

Acting

Eric van der Donk

Born

1929-06-29 (97)

Place of birth

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Known for

Acting

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 9 titles

Where Is Winky's Horse? poster
6.7

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.

Where Is Winky's Horse?

2007

Peter Bell II: The Hunt for the Czar Crown poster
5.2

Peter Bell and his Black Hand gang tangle with evil newspaper tycoon Stark once again, as the latter schemes to steal a priceless royal crown with his two cronies.

Peter Bell II: The Hunt for the Czar Crown

2003

Morlang poster
5.1

Inspired by true events, a chilling psychological drama. A couple's secret pact takes an unexpected, sinister turn.

Morlang

2001

The Silence of the Soul poster
9.3

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.

The Silence of the Soul

2000

Hidden Flaws poster
6.5

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.

Hidden Flaws

2004

De kroon poster
9.0

Political drama follows the alleged events leading up to the wedding of Willem-Alexander and Máxima, in which Max van der Stoel must force father Zorreguieta not to attend the wedding.

De kroon

2004

Annelie in the Depths of the Night poster
NR

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.

Annelie in the Depths of the Night

2004

Het zwijgen poster
6.0

The film is about researcher Victor Dreissen. At his research institute, he discovers songs from Drenthe dating back to the beginning of the last century. These songs are special. They are about crimes that were committed and never solved. One song in particular captivates Victor Dreissen. He falls in love with the voice in the song and travels to Drenthe in search of its origins and background. He does not yet know that anyone who wants to sing or pursue these songs will never return.

Het zwijgen

2006

No artwork available
NR

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.

Arie

2009

1990s · 6 titles

The Dress poster
6.2

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.

The Dress

1996

Little Crumb poster
6.3

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.

Little Crumb

1999

The Three Best Things in Life poster
4.3

In this melancholic comedy we follow the successful young violinist Sacha as she travels by train from Paris to Amsterdam and three days later when she returns, bereft of many illusions yet purified within.

The Three Best Things in Life

1992

No artwork available
7.0

Two 16-year-old boys are tired of their small and boring hometown and decide to leave.

De Orde Der Dingen

1997

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

De langste reis

1996

Het contract poster
6.0

"What are we actually doing here?" Miel asks Jack Van Poll, the pianist. "Earning a living, I suppose?" is the laconic reply. But Miel wants more out of life than playing in a jazz band, away from the worries of his wife and child who constantly need money from him. Between dream and deed... but then he is suddenly confronted with harsh reality.

Het contract

1992

Series credits

Medisch Centrum West poster
6.4

No synopsis available yet.

Medisch Centrum West

1988

Zeg 'ns Aaa poster
6.3

Zeg 'ns Aaa was one of the longest running and most popular Dutch sitcoms, situated in the medical practice of a female general practitioner and revolves around herself, her family and her housekeeper. The title refers to the imperative phrase Say Aah, often said by doctors when they want to inspect the mouth cavity of a patient.

Zeg 'ns Aaa

1981

Pleidooi poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Pleidooi

1993

Sjans poster
6.0

Twenty-six-part comedy series about four bachelors, who all want something better and more beautiful. They try to find happiness by boasting and lying about their past. The friends Pamela Oudgeest and Karin van Praag meet the men Sjaak Massini and Willem Termeulen in the bachelor bar / disco Cupido. All four are looking for fun and a bit of happiness. To impress, the men boast about their jobs and embellish their backgrounds.

Sjans

1992

Lijn 32 poster
4.6

No synopsis available yet.

Lijn 32

2012

Oud Geld poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Oud Geld

1998

Coverstory poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Coverstory

1993

Boks poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Boks

2006

Missie Warmoesstraat poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Missie Warmoesstraat

2004

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dubbelleven

1978

Deadline (NL) poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Deadline (NL)

2008

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

In Naam Der Koningin

1996

Het wassende water poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Het wassende water

1986

L'Homme d'Amsterdam poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

L'Homme d'Amsterdam

1976

Bij Nader Inzien poster
9.5

Six friends from college in post-war Europe form a bond. Thirty years on, one of them writes a book on it, calling it the tombstone to their friendship, exposing their bond, analyzing, then totally destroying the false imprints of their alleged connections. A final get-together brings it all out into the open. Based on J.J. Voskuil's novel "Bij Nader Inzien".

Bij Nader Inzien

1991

Fien - De Musical poster
NR

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.

Fien - De Musical

1985

De Kleine Waarheid poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

De Kleine Waarheid

1970