Medal on the Sideboard (A) - Evocation of Domien Jacob's Life (1897 - 1984)

Original Title: Medal on the Sideboard (A) - Evocation of Domien Jacob's Life (1897 - 1984)

Documentary | 28' | 2000 (Completed)

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Director:	Jeannine Weyers
Writer:	Jeannine Weyers, Magda Wouters

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Domien is a working class boy. As he is very strong he is selected to participate in the Belgian gymnasts' team for the Olympic Games in Antwerp. He and his team obtain silver. After glorious years from 1920 to 1923 he stops practising top-class sport.

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Domien is a working class boy. As he is very strong he is selected to participate in the Belgian gymnasts' team for the Olympic Games in Antwerp. He and his team obtain silver. After glorious years from 1920 to 1923 he stops practising top-class sport. This creative documentary is a combination of general information about the first World War, the Olympic Games of 1920, the coming into existence of gymnasts' federations and the story of Domien's life. 'When watching Chariots of Fire I was thinking back of my grandfather who obtained silver in the Olympic Games of 1920. A fiction film on his life was not realisable, but I thought a documentary could bring his life story as well so that not only his glorious sportive achievements but also his magnificent love and family life would never be forgotten.'

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Film
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Doc
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Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Documentary
Year of production

2000
Production status
Completed
Original title
Medal on the Sideboard (A) - Evocation of Domien Jacob's Life (1897 - 1984)

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Running time
28'
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Analog Betacam
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Colour

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Amarylles

Wapenstraat 2
2000 Antwerpen
Belgium

T +32 3 288 77 47
jweyers@pandora.be

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2002: Special Mention - International Festival FICTS Milano (IT)2001: Paladino d'Argento - International Sports Film Festival Palermo (IT)

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