Hans: Het Leven Voor De Dood

Hans: Het Leven voor de dood
Hans, Life Before Death

Original film poster
Directed by Louis van Gasteren
Written by Louis van Gasteren
Cinematography Jos van Schoor
Paul van den Bos
Fred van Kuyk
Production
company
Spectrum Film
Release dates
 1983
Running time
 155 minutes
Country Netherlands
Language Dutch

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.[1]

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. Louis van Gasteren received a Golden Calf.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Official filmography
  2. ↑ Ximon


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