Hans, Life Before Death

Hans, Life Before Death — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 1, 1983
• Runtime
• 155 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Louis van Gasteren

Hans, Life Before Death — Cast

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Jan Cremer Himself Willem Nijholt Himself

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Hans van Sweeden Himself