Hans, Life Before Death

Released
1983
2h 35min
5 votes
Documentary

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)

Détails techniques

Titre original

Hans: het leven voor de dood

Langue originale

EN

Langues parlées

Dutch

Production

Pays de production

Netherlands

Distribution & Équipe

Mots-clés

suicideamsterdam, netherlandsbiography