Melancholy Tales

Directed by Bas van der Lecq, Guido Pieters, Ernie Damen
1975    1h 35m[Comedy](/on-demand/category/comedy), [Drama](/on-demand/category/drama)
7.26.3
Four short stories by the same writer but 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.

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Cast of Melancholy Tales

  • 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")
  • Joost PrinsenMan van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")
  • Wieteke van DortVrouw van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")
  • Peer MasciniSchoft (segment "De smalle oude man")
  • Hugo MetsersMeneer Frits (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
  • Pleuni TouwJuffrouw Lenie (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
  • Sacco van der MadeVader van Lenie (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
  • Lida Lobo-PolakJuffrouw Kannegieter (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
  • Siem VroomKroegbaas (segment ''De smalle oude man'')
  • Frans MulderSnackbaruitbater (segment ''De smalle oude man'')
  • Ralph WingensSchoft (segment ''De smalle oude man'')
  • Helen HedyOnderbuurvrouw (segment ''De smalle oude man'')
  • Paul MeijerMarktkoopman (segment ''De smalle oude man'')

 

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