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Melancholy Tales 1975 Directed by Bas van der Lecq , Nouchka van Brakel , ... Zwaarmoedige verhalen voor bij de centrale verwarming

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.

Production Country Netherlands
Language Dutch
Spoken Language Dutch
Gneres Comedy , Drama
Production Company Sigma Film Productions
Release Date 20 March 1975
95 mins
Cast
Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr. Winkelier (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")
Rijk de Gooyer Postbode (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")
Lex Goudsmit Opa (segment "De smalle oude man")
Joost Prinsen Man van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")
Wieteke van Dort Vrouw van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")
Peer Mascini Schoft (segment "De smalle oude man")