Melancholy Tales
1975, Dutch. Directed by Bas van der Lecq & Guido Pieters & Ernie Damen & Nouchka van Brakel.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Dutch
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Cast & crew
- Bas van der LecqDirector
- Guido PietersDirector
- Ernie DamenDirector
- Nouchka van BrakelDirector
- 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")
- Rijk de GooyerPostbode (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")
- Lex GoudsmitOpa (segment "De smalle oude man")
- Joost PrinsenMan van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")
- Wieteke van DortVrouw van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")
- Peer MasciniSchoft (segment "De smalle oude man")
- Hugo MetsersMeneer Frits (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
Details
- Released
- 20 March 1975
- Original title
- Zwaarmoedige verhalen voor bij de centrale verwarming
- Country
- Netherlands
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Melancholy Tales runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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Who directed Melancholy Tales?
Melancholy Tales (1975) was directed by Bas van der Lecq and Guido Pieters and Ernie Damen and Nouchka van Brakel and stars Henny Alma, Fien Berghegge, Jon Bluming.