Melancholy Tales
1975 · 1h 35m · N/A
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Ernie Damen
,
Bas van der Lecq
,
Guido Pieters
,
Nouchka van Brakel
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 and cast
- Ernie Damen Director
- Bas van der Lecq Director
- Guido Pieters Director
- Nouchka van Brakel Director
- Henny Alma as Moeder van Lenie (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
- Fien Berghegge as Vrouw in de bus (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
- Jon Bluming as Jon (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
- Jan Dahmen as Jongen in de kroeg (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
- Menno Dijkstra as Jongen in de kroeg (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
- Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr. Cast
- Rijk de Gooyer Cast
- Lex Goudsmit Cast
- Joost Prinsen Cast
- Wieteke van Dort Cast
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