Film

Hans, Life Before Death

6.8

2h 35m

1983

Synopsis

Hans: Het Leven voor de dood (Hans, Life Before Death) is a documentary feature film about the life of the young composer Hans van Sweeden (1939-1963) and those who knew him intimately. The film is about the harrowing life of the musician, poet and actor Hans van Sweeden (1939-1963), who ended his life at the age of 24. Simultaneously, the film offers a poignant portrait of his contemporaries in the turbulent fifties and sixties and the children of the Nazis. It won the Golden Calf for Best Feature Film in 1983. Award of the Dutch film critics, 1983; the Belgian film critics Award, 1984; Best Dutch Documentary 1980-1990. (Wikipedia)

Director

Louis van Gasteren

Documentary

suicideamsterdam, netherlandsbiography

Cast & Crew

Jan Cremer

as Himself

Willem Nijholt

as Himself

Hans van Sweeden

as Himself

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