Melancholy Tales
1975 · 95 min
Drama · Comedy
★ 6.3A series of four stories written by the Dutch writer Heere Heeresma, interpreted by four different directors. A confirmed bachelor bumps into his secretary after work. An old man just wants to be left alone at Christmas time. A former sailor yearns to get back to the sea, away from his clarinet playing wife. A shopkeeper in a rowboat gets into an argument with a postman on a bicycle.
Crew
- Director Bas van der Lecq
- Director Guido Pieters
- Director Ernie Damen
- Director Nouchka van Brakel
- Director of Photography Theo van de Sande
Cast
Henny Alma
Moeder van Lenie (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
Fien Berghegge
Vrouw in de bus (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
Jon Bluming
Jon (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
- J
Jan Dahmen
Jongen in de kroeg (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
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Menno Dijkstra
Jongen in de kroeg (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.
Winkelier (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")
Rijk de Gooyer
Postbode (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")
Lex Goudsmit
Opa (segment "De smalle oude man")
Joost Prinsen
Man van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")
Wieteke van Dort
Vrouw van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")
Peer Mascini
Schoft (segment "De smalle oude man")
Hugo Metsers
Meneer Frits (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
Crew
- Director — Bas van der Lecq
- Director — Guido Pieters
- Director — Ernie Damen
- Director — Nouchka van Brakel
- Director of Photography — Theo van de Sande
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