Melancholy tales

Melancholy tales

1975/03/20 • Released • Dutch

Drama
Comedy
6.0
1h 35m

Overview

A 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.

Director : Bas van der Lecq

Casts
Henny Alma

Henny Alma

Fien Berghegge

Fien Berghegge

Jon Bluming

Jan Dahmen

Menno Dijkstra

Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.

Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.

Winkelier (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")

Rijk de Gooyer

Rijk de Gooyer

Postbode (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")

Lex Goudsmit

Lex Goudsmit

Opa (segment "De smalle oude man")

Joost Prinsen

Joost Prinsen

Man van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")

Wieteke van Dort

Wieteke van Dort

Vrouw van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")

Peer Mascini

Peer Mascini

Schoft (segment "De smalle oude man")

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