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Melancholy Tales (1975)

6 | Mar 20, 1975 (NL) | Drama, Comedy | 01:35

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.

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Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.
Winkelier (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")
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Rijk de Gooyer
Postbode (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")
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Lex Goudsmit
Opa (segment "De smalle oude man")
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Joost Prinsen
Man van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")
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Wieteke van Dort
Vrouw van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")