Hans: Het Leven Voor De Dood (1983)

Original title

Hans: het leven voor de dood

Directed by

Louis van Gasteren

Genre

documentary film

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

2h 35m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about the life of Dutch composer Hans van Sweeden who died at 24. It explores his world and the people close to him, set against the backdrop of the postwar era.

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What happens

Hans: Het Leven voor de dood (Hans, Life Before Death) is a 1983 Dutch documentary feature film by Louis van Gasteren about the life of the young composer Hans van Sweeden (1939-1963) and those who knew him intimately. The film deals intimately with 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. 35 mm, b/w & color, 155 min. The film is about the life of the musician, poet and actor Hans van Sweeden (1939-1963), who ended his life at the age of 24, as well as his contemporaries in the turbulent fifties and sixties. Louis van Gasteren received a Golden Calf. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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