Scratches in the Table
Directed by	Ineke Houtman
Written by	Rob Arends (screenplay), Guus Kuijer (novel)
Music by	Henny Vrienten
Release date	15 October 1998 (1998-10-15)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Netherlands
Language	Dutch

Scratches in the Table (Dutch: Madelief, krassen in het tafelblad) is a 1998 Dutch film directed by Ineke Houtman. It was the Netherlands' official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination.^[1]

Cast

• Madelief Verelst as Madelief
• Giulia Fleury as Madelief als peuter/Madelief as a toddler
• Rijk de Gooyer as Opa/Grandpa
• Peter Blok as Opa als jonge man/Grandpa as a young Man
• Margo Dames as Moeder/Mother
• Kitty Courbois as Oma/Grandma
• Veerle Dobbelaere as Oma als jonge vrouw/ Grandma as a young woman
• Frederik Brom as Mischa (as Freek Brom)
• Tjerk Risselada as Vader van Mischa/Mischa's father
• Pim Lambeau as Tante Ant/Auntie Ant
• Adrian Brine as Man van tante Ant/The husband of Auntie Ant
• Ineke Veenhoven as Buurvrouw/The neighbor (woman)
• Rob van de Meeberg as Buurman/The neighbor (man)
• Jaap Stobbe as Jaap
• Ingeborg Elzevier as Vrouw van Jaap/wife of Jaap