Sportsman of the Century
In the year 2000, a jury convenes in Friesland to elect the Sportsman of the Century. One man, Sake Wiarda, tries to convince his fellow-jury members not to nominate a sports hero like Abe Lenstra, but to give preference to the Frisian pole-squatter Taeke Jongsma. In flashbacks, Wiarda tells his audience the life story of this worker's son, who since childhood tries to escape the oppression of the working class in the thirties. Taeke finds out he is a splendid pole-squatter, but his record attempts are repeatedly thwarted by his great rival in love. Against the background of the historical changes in the previous century, the love story gradually unfolds between the pole-squatter and the farmer's daughter.
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Release
2006-04-06
Cast
Jochum ten Haaf
Taeke
Ricky Koole
Tjitske
Bastiaan Ragas
Rintje
Pepijn Gunneweg
Jonge Sake Wiarda
Loes Haverkort
Swobkje
Stefan de Walle
Hylke Meinsma
Sipke Visser
Jonge Taeke
Ida Poortinga
Jonge Tjitske
Rick Nicolet
Oude Tjitske
Peter Franke
Oude Taeke
Rients Gratama
Rients
Jan Arendsz
Leraar
Cees Heyne
Commissaris van de Koningin 1997-2000
Robin Douma
Jonge Rintje
Harald Warmbrunn
Oude Rintje
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