Melancholy Tales

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.

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'')