Hans, Life Before Death

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1983 · 155 min · Documentary · TMDB 6.8/10

Overview

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 by Louis van Gasteren

Cast

• Jan Cremer — Himself
• Willem Nijholt — Himself
• Hans van Sweeden — Himself