Hans, Life Before Death (1983)

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.

Genre : Documentary

Actors : Jan Cremer, Willem Nijholt, Hans van Sweeden

Release Date : 1983-01-01

Duration : 155 menit

Rating : ⭐ 6.8/10 (6 votes)