DramaComedy
Melancholy Tales
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.
Directed by Ernie Damen, Bas van der Lecq, Guido Pieters
63
User score
3 votes
Status
Released
Released
March 20, 1975
Runtime
1h 35m
Language
Dutch
Top 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'')
Jan Dahmen
Jongen in de kroeg (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
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'')
Pleuni Touw
Juffrouw Lenie (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
Sacco van der Made
Vader van Lenie (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
Lida Lobo-Polak
Juffrouw Kannegieter (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
Siem Vroom
Kroegbaas (segment ''De smalle oude man'')
Frans Mulder
Snackbaruitbater (segment ''De smalle oude man'')
Ralph Wingens
Schoft (segment ''De smalle oude man'')
Helen Hedy
Onderbuurvrouw (segment ''De smalle oude man'')
Paul Meijer
Marktkoopman (segment ''De smalle oude man'')
