Film
Melancholy Tales
1975Directed by Ernie Damen, Bas van der Lecq, Guido Pieters, Nouchka van Brakel
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
About Melancholy Tales
- Drama
- Comedy
Synopsis
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
- Ernie Damen
- Bas van der Lecq
- Guido Pieters
- Nouchka van Brakel
- Writers
- Guus Luyters
- Ton Ruys
- Chiem van Houweninge
- Heere Heeresma
- Original title
- Zwaarmoedige verhalen voor bij de centrale verwarming
Principal cast
In billing order- 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")
