Dagboek van een Oude Dwaas

 Dagboek van een Oude Dwaas  is a 1987 Dutch film directed by Lili Rademakers. It is based on a book by the Japanese writer Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. The film's international title is Diary of a Mad Old Man.

The film was selected for the Semaine de la Critique from the Cannes film festival in 1988.

Plot
Hamelinck, an already old man, suffers from a severe muscle disease and must stop working. It bothers him not long, because he gets under the spell of his daughter-in-law Simone. He admired her for years already, but now overwhelms her with gifts and treats her like a queen. He acts also submissive and is delighted as he can touch her leg. Just before he dies, Hamelinck makes the wish to get Simone's footprints on his memorial stone.

Cast

 * Ralph Michael	... 	Marcel Hamelinck
 * Beatie Edney	... 	Simone
 * Suzanne Flon	... 	Denise Hamelinck
 * Derek de Lint	... 	Philippe
 * Dora van der Groen	... 	Zuster Alma
 * Ina van der Molen	... 	Karin
 * Stef Baeyens
 * Camilia Blereau
 * Sjarel Branckaerts
 * Carry Goossens
 * Daan Hugaert