
Sportsman of the Century 2006
Overview
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 attem
Director: Mischa Alexander
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