Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Sipke Visser | ... | Jonge Taeke |
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Ida Poortinga | ... | Jonge Tjitske |
Jochum ten Haaf | ... | Taeke | |
Ricky Koole | ... | Tjitske | |
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Bastiaan Ragas | ... | Rintje |
Peter Franke | ... | Oude Taeke | |
Rick Nicolet | ... | Oude Tjitske | |
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Harald Warmbrunn | ... | Oude Rintje |
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Pepijn Gunneweg | ... | Jonge Sake Wiarda |
Lou Landré | ... | Oude Sake Wiarda | |
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Freark Smink | ... | Pijlsma |
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Rients Gratama | ... | Rients |
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Riemer van der Velde | ... | Riemer |
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Heinze Bakker | ... | Heinze |
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Henk Kroes | ... | Henk |
Taeke's lifelong passion for pole sitting takes an interesting turn when he tries to surpass the record of 250 days.
Sportsman of the century is a romantic drama about Teake Jongsma, a member of the Northern Dutch province Friesland (Fryslân). The guy is quite good in his department of sports: sitting at a pole. Teake rules this sport for about 60 years and is therefore selected to become sportsman of the century (of Fryslân, that is). The bad thing in his sports is the fact that matches can take up to 250 days. This messes up Teake's personal life, because he (poor) is fighting for one girl with another man (a rich guy named Rintje). I think the brand of sport chosen for this picture is quite original. Juchum ten Haaf is a charming sportsman, sitting high on his pole. These scenes are the cool ones in the movie. The rest (the romantic drama) is quite poor. The story is flat and contains holes, the actions of Rintje are very predictable. It's a pity, because sitting on a pole is very cool in this picture.