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Melancholy Tales

Melancholy Tales

Ernie Damen, Bas van der Lecq, Guido Pieters, Nouchka van Brakel

1975

  • Drama
  • Comedy
6.3

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 & crew

  • Ernie DamenDirector
  • Bas van der LecqDirector
  • Guido PietersDirector
  • Henny AlmaMoeder van Lenie (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
  • Fien BergheggeVrouw in de bus (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
  • Jon BlumingJon (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
  • Jan DahmenJongen in de kroeg (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
  • Menno DijkstraJongen in de kroeg (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
  • Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.Winkelier (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")
  • Rijk de GooyerPostbode (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")
  • Lex GoudsmitOpa (segment "De smalle oude man")

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