Melancholy Tales

Name: Melancholy Tales
Director: Bas van der Lecq
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1975-03-20
Duration: 95 min
Cast: Henny Alma, Fien Berghegge, Jon Bluming, Jan Dahmen, Menno Dijkstra

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1975 · 95 min · Drama · Comedy · TMDB 6.3/10

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.

Directed by Bas van der Lecq

Cast

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