Melancholy Tales

Nouchka van Brakel
1975-03-20


6
95 min

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

Name Character Team
Henny Alma Unowned
Fien Berghegge Unowned
Jon Bluming Unowned
Jan Dahmen Unowned
Menno Dijkstra Unowned
Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr. Winkelier (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom") Unowned
Rijk de Gooyer Postbode (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom") Unowned
Lex Goudsmit Opa (segment "De smalle oude man") Unowned
Joost Prinsen Man van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man") Unowned
Wieteke van Dort Vrouw van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man") Unowned
Peer Mascini Schoft (segment "De smalle oude man") Unowned