Never a Dull Moment is a film about individual resilience in the most turbulent period of the 20th century
at the same time, it’s the record of an adventurous life that is richly documented and meticulously archived by protagonist Sam Waagenaar himself: his personal documents in albums, the countless photographs he took and an unpublished autobiography
these make the events that Waagenaar saw and described in his autobiography an individual experience; a personal narrative that makes history tangible
Never a Dull Moment is a film based on the photography and autobiography of Sam Waagenaar
director Pim Zwier co-operates with Waagenaar’s family and the Netherlands Photo Museum to disclose his life and works for our audiences