Edith Heerdegen
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Edith Heerdegen.
Born: July 2, 1913
Place of Birth: Dresden, Germany
Known For
Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?
Patient No. 7, a man who has been wrongly committed to a psychiatric hospital for years, escapes and embarks on a chaotic journey through the outside world. Disguised as a painter, he causes uproar with his innocent yet eccentric behavior, disrupting the lives of strangers. Along the way, he befriends Marlene, a young woman fascinated by his unconventional charm, much to her jealous husband's frustration. As the line between sanity and madness blurs, the film humorously explores the absurdity of societal norms. Featuring a memorable cameo by Loriot, this quirky satire questions who’s truly "crazy."
Rebellion der Verlorenen
Der Kommissar
Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.
Silas
Silas was a 1981 ZDF Adventure TV mini-series based on the Danish children's book „Silas og den sorte hoppe“ by Cecil Bødker who kept on writing instalments until 2001. The series was Patrick Bach's debut and because the series did so well he also starred the very next year in another adventure series about a young orphan: Jack Holborn Silas was a German production and filmed solely in German. Still it received attention beyond German-speaking countries and consequently the successor Jack Holborn involved international producers and was filmed in English.
Everyone Dies Alone
When they start losing family members and neighbors due to WWII and the Nazi government's policies, a quiet married couple becomes disillusioned and begins spreading leaflets against the government - a crime punishable by death.
Der Fall Liebknecht-Luxemburg
Reconstruction of the murder of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg and the following farcical military court procedures.
Die unsterblichen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger
Die unsterblichen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger
The Serpent's Egg
In 1923 Berlin, following the suicide of his brother, an American acrobat struggles to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism, and the social decay of Germany during the Weimar Republic.
Der Alte
A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.
Filmography
as Die Taube
as Käthe
as Mutter Helene Ortlieb
as Cynthia Hundhammer
as Mrs. Holle
as Frau Mertz
as Greta Brückli
as Sarah Rosenthal
as Josefa Schönhals
as Frau Kulm
as Luise Gottschalk
as Tante Milla
as Kitty
as Rosa Luxemburg
as Frau Göbel
as Die Gräfin
as Letti Quincy
as Frau Knudsen
as Lady Haggerton
as Hermine Bruns