Melancholy Tales (1975)

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Melancholy Tales on IMDb 7.3/10 61 votes

Released:
1975-03-20

Overview:
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.

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

Runtime:
1h 35min

Genre:
Drama, Comedy

  • Cast:
  • Henny Alma
    as
    Moeder van Lenie (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
  • Fien Berghegge
    as
    Vrouw in de bus (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
  • Jon Bluming
    as
    Jon (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
  • Jan Dahmen
    as
    Jongen in de kroeg (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
  • Menno Dijkstra
    as
    Jongen in de kroeg (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')