Hans, Life Before Death

Hans, Life Before Death

1983
2h 35m
6.8

6.8/10

6 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary
Overview

Filmmaker Louis van Gasteren reconstructs the life of Amsterdam poet, composer and actor Hans van Sweeden, who took his own life at the age of twenty-four in 1963. Through interviews with friends, relatives and contemporaries, alongside archival material, the film becomes both an intimate portrait of Van Sweeden and a broader account of a young generation searching for freedom, identity and new ways of living in Amsterdam during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Status: Released

Language: NL

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Production Information

Production Countries
Netherlands
Spoken Languages
Dutch

Keywords

suicide amsterdam, netherlands biography

Quick Facts

Original Title Hans: het leven voor de dood
Release Date January 1, 1983
Status Released
Language NL
IMDb ID tt0085644

Cast

Jan Cremer
Jan Cremer

Himself

Willem Nijholt
Willem Nijholt

Himself

Hans van Sweeden
Hans van Sweeden

Himself

Key Crew

Louis van Gasteren
Director
Joke Meerman
Producer