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.
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Cast
9 people
Jan Cremer
Himself
Also in
Een zondag op het eiland van de Grande Jatte
All Rebels
Willem Nijholt
Himself
Known for
Ciske the Rat
Marlies van Alcmaer
Marlies van Alcmaer
Brian Eno
Louis van Gasteren
Also in
The House
Gijsbrecht van Aemstel
Hans van Sweeden
Himself
Misha Mengelberg
Robert Jasper Grootveld
Robert Jasper Grootveld
Ramses Shaffy
Ramses Shaffy
Louis van Gasteren Director
First release January 1, 1983 · Produced in Netherlands · Original title Hans: het leven voor de dood
Production
Netherlands
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Original title
Hans: het leven voor de dood
Original language
Dutch
Spoken on screen
Dutch
Release dates
Netherlands · January 1, 1983
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No release date listed for United States.
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