Melancholy Tales

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.

• 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'')