CinemaOSMovie · 1983 · 2h 35m

Hans, Life Before Death

68%(6)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byLouis van Gasteren

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 35m
Language
NL
Released
January 1, 1983

Featuring

Cast & crew

3 credited
Starring

Jan Cremer

Himself

Willem Nijholt

Willem Nijholt

Himself

Hans van Sweeden

Himself

Creative team
Directed by
Louis van Gasteren
Louis van Gasteren
Produced by
Joke Meerman

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