Melancholy Tales (1975)

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.

Cast (28)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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'')

M

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'')

L

Lida Lobo-Polak

Juffrouw Kannegieter (segment ''Meneer Frits'')

Siem Vroom

Kroegbaas (segment ''De smalle oude man'')

Frans Mulder

Snackbaruitbater (segment ''De smalle oude man'')

R

Ralph Wingens

Schoft (segment ''De smalle oude man'')

H

Helen Hedy

Onderbuurvrouw (segment ''De smalle oude man'')

P

Paul Meijer

Marktkoopman (segment ''De smalle oude man'')

T

Theo Pont

Onderbuurman (segment ''De smalle oude man'')

Johan te Slaa

Kerstboomverkoper (segment ''De smalle oude man'')

Carry Tefsen

Zijn vrouw (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')

Frits Lambrechts

Gerrie (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')

Michiel Kerbosch

Michiel (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')

J

Jaap Hoogstra

De oude man (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')

Chiem van Houweninge

De zeeman (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')

J

John van Vugt

Jongen in de kroeg (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')

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