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Hans, Life Before Death (1983)
Directed by Louis van Gasteren
Documentary · 2h 35m
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.
Cast
Willem Nijholt
Crew
- Director
- Louis van Gasteren
- Producer
- Joke Meerman
Details
- Original title
- Hans: het leven voor de dood
- Release date
- 1983-01-01
- Runtime
- 2h 35m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- NL
- Spoken languages
- Dutch
- Countries
- Netherlands