Sportsman of the Century (2006)

Taeke's lifelong passion for pole sitting takes an interesting turn when he tries to surpass the record of 250 days.

Director:

Mischa Alexander

Writer:

Mischa Alexander

Stars:

Sipke Visser, Ida Poortinga, Jochum ten Haaf

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sipke Visser	...	Jonge Taeke
Ida Poortinga	...	Jonge Tjitske
Jochum ten Haaf	...	Taeke
Ricky Koole	...	Tjitske
Bastiaan Ragas	...	Rintje
Peter Franke	...	Oude Taeke
Rick Nicolet	...	Oude Tjitske
Harald Warmbrunn	...	Oude Rintje
Pepijn Gunneweg	...	Jonge Sake Wiarda
Lou Landré	...	Oude Sake Wiarda
Freark Smink	...	Pijlsma
Rients Gratama	...	Rients
Riemer van der Velde	...	Riemer
Heinze Bakker	...	Heinze
Henk Kroes	...	Henk

Storyline

Taeke's lifelong passion for pole sitting takes an interesting turn when he tries to surpass the record of 250 days.

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Plot Keywords:

communist | pole sitting | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Ennio Morricone was chosen to do the score. He wrote some themes, but continued working on other projects. When it came time to do the score, Morricone was tied up with other work and had to be replaced.

User Reviews

Far-fetched

Although interesting in concept and shot beautifully, exactly why everybody goes nuts for a ten-year old winning a butt-numb-a-thon is a complete mystery to me. As this is crucial to the development of the story, everything that happens after that feels too far-fetched to get the reaction the filmmakers obviously had in mind.

Constructed in a flash-back story mode, the movie kicks off with the message that the main character has spent sixty years of his life devoted to the well-being of his fellow man. What follows is the story of a man who ignores the pleas for help of his father and wife to be, and as his motivations for spending week after week sitting on a pole are never quite explained properly, you loose interest in the main character rather than getting close to him.

Good cast, nice acting, but all in all too unbelievable to keep focused on for almost two hours.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Netherlands]

Country:

Netherlands Germany Sweden

Language:

Frisian

Release Date:

6 April 2006 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Le champion du siècle

Filming Locations:

Aurich, Lower Saxony, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fido Film AB, PVPictures, Staccato Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color