Hans, Life Before Death

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.

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

155 min

Actor:

Jan Cremer , Willem Nijholt , Hans van Sweeden

Quality:

HD

Director:

Louis van Gasteren

Release:

1983

Country:

Netherlands

IMDb:

6.8