Rate: Melancholy Tales
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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.
Director / Directors
Cast
Henny Alma
Character: Moeder van Lenie (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
Jon Bluming
Character: Jon (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
Jan Dahmen
Character: Jongen in de kroeg (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
Menno Dijkstra
Character: Jongen in de kroeg (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
Rijk de Gooyer
Character: Postbode (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")
Joost Prinsen
Character: Man van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")
Peer Mascini
Character: Schoft (segment "De smalle oude man")
Hugo Metsers
Character: Meneer Frits (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
Pleuni Touw
Character: Juffrouw Lenie (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
Siem Vroom
Character: Kroegbaas (segment ''De smalle oude man'')
Frans Mulder
Character: Snackbaruitbater (segment ''De smalle oude man'')
Helen Hedy
Character: Onderbuurvrouw (segment ''De smalle oude man'')
Paul Meijer
Character: Marktkoopman (segment ''De smalle oude man'')
Theo Pont
Character: Onderbuurman (segment ''De smalle oude man'')
Johan te Slaa
Character: Kerstboomverkoper (segment ''De smalle oude man'')
Carry Tefsen
Character: Zijn vrouw (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
Jaap Hoogstra
Character: De oude man (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
John van Vugt
Character: Jongen in de kroeg (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
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