Melancholy Tales
DramaComedy
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.
Cast
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'')
Pleuni TouwJuffrouw Lenie (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
Sacco van der MadeVader van Lenie (segment ''Meneer Frits'')Lida Lobo-PolakJuffrouw Kannegieter (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
