Hans, Life Before Death
6.8/ 10 6 votes 1983-01-01 2h 35m 1 popularity
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.
Director: Louis van Gasteren
Jan Cremer
Himself
Willem Nijholt
Himself
Hans van Sweeden
Himself
