Rick Lemming (Rijk de Goyer) lives in the heart of Amsterdam, where he holds a dovecote and a saloon with slot machines. His best friend Ed Svaan, the champion of karate in the Netherlands, is deeply in love with singer Lily (Sylvia Christelle). With the help of Ed, Lilly concludes a contract with a television director who assures everyone that he will make a high-profile film. Rijk wants to check where his boyfriend and girlfriend are being drawn in and secretly watches the shootings. In fact, a pornographic film is being shot.

Kamiel steals the famous Brussels statue of Manneken Pis to impress his girlfriend Denise, the daughter of the man who is supposed to guard it. The Belgians, however, wrongly accuse the Dutch of having stolen their statue and hit back by stealing the statue of Hansje Brink.

The girls of competitive rowing club Nereus are hoping to win the women’s eight. One of them, Jenny, falls for an art dealer and becomes pregnant. Her friends at the club, her coach and her father all pitch in to help. The first Dutch feature length colour film.

Long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac helps an army officer woo Roxane, the woman he loves.

When Panisse dies of old age, his last wish is for 20 year old Césariot to learn about his true parentage. So the boy visits his real father, who fixes cars in Toulon, but he does so under an assumed name.

Fanny tries to make Marius jealous by flirting with the much older Panisse. Although Marius admits he has strong feelings for her, his first love is the sea.

Marius has gone to sea and left Fanny, who turns out to be pregnant. When Panisse still remains willing to marry her, she accepts in order to safe face.

TV adaptation of Augusta Lampe's story Marion.