Melancholy Tales

Melancholy Tales

1975
1h 35m
6.3

6.3/10

3 votes • View on IMDb
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.

Status: Released

Language: NL

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Production Information

Production Companies
Sigma Film Productions
Production Countries
Netherlands
Spoken Languages
Dutch

Quick Facts

Original Title Zwaarmoedige verhalen voor bij de centrale verwarming
Release Date March 20, 1975
Status Released
Language NL
IMDb ID tt0073934

Cast

Henny Alma
Henny Alma

Moeder van Lenie (segment ''Meneer Frits'')

Fien Berghegge
Fien Berghegge

Vrouw in de bus (segment ''Meneer Frits'')

Jon Bluming
Jon Bluming

Jon (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')

Jan Dahmen
Jan Dahmen

Jongen in de kroeg (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')

Menno Dijkstra
Menno Dijkstra

Jongen in de kroeg (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')

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")

Wieteke van Dort
Wieteke van Dort

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

Peer Mascini
Peer Mascini

Schoft (segment "De smalle oude man")

Hugo Metsers
Hugo Metsers

Meneer Frits (segment ''Meneer Frits'')

Key Crew

Bas van der Lecq
Director
Guido Pieters
Director
Ernie Damen
Director
Nouchka van Brakel
Director
Matthijs van Heijningen
Producer