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Melancholy Tales (1975)

Mar 20, 1975 Drama, Comedy 1h 35m
60%
User Score
7.3/10

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.

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

Top Billed Cast

Henny Alma
Henny Alma
Fien Berghegge
Fien Berghegge
Jon Bluming
Jon Bluming
Jan Dahmen
Jan Dahmen
Menno Dijkstra
Menno Dijkstra
Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.
Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.

Winkelier (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")
Rijk de Gooyer
Rijk de Gooyer

Postbode (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")
Lex Goudsmit
Lex Goudsmit

Opa (segment "De smalle oude man")
Joost Prinsen
Joost Prinsen

Man van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")

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