logo

Home

Movies

TV shows

Sign In

HOMEMOVIESTV-SHOWSABOUTWATCHLIST
homemoviestv-showsaboutwatchlist

Powered by

TMDB website logo

© 2025 Filmverse

Sportsman of the Century

04/06/2006

|

1hr 40min

|

Drama

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Jochum ten Haaf
  • Ricky Koole
  • Bastiaan Ragas
  • Pepijn Gunneweg
  • Loes Haverkort

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

      Production Countries

    LANGUAGES

    • Frisian

    Cast

    Jochum ten Haaf

    Ricky Koole

    Bastiaan Ragas

    Pepijn Gunneweg

    Loes Haverkort

    Stefan de Walle

    Sipke Visser

    Ida Poortinga

    Rick Nicolet

    Peter Franke

    Oude Taeke

    movies like Sportsman of the Century

    Sonic Soldier Borgman: Lover's Rain

    Sonic Soldier Borgman: Lover's Rain

    Qwerty

    Qwerty

    Michael Lives Alone

    Michael Lives Alone

    Boy

    Boy

    Disney Presents: Main Street Electrical Parade - Farewell Season

    Disney Presents: Main Street Electrical Parade - Farewell Season

    Ava

    Ava

    Capturing Avatar

    Capturing Avatar

    Avatar

    Avatar

    Qwerty

    Qwerty

    Avé

    Avé

    War

    War

    Film

    Film

    Rheme Maining Sources

    Rheme Maining Sources

    Scooby-Doo Safari, So Goodi!

    Scooby-Doo Safari, So Goodi!

    My Avatar and Me

    My Avatar and Me

    Object: Alimony

    Object: Alimony

    Spider-Man

    Spider-Man

    Sonic Birth

    Sonic Birth

    Super

    Super