Hans, Life Before Death
Hans, Life Before Death

Hans, Life Before Death

6.8

2 hr 35 min

1983-01-01

5

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)

Documentary

Trailers

Characters

Jan Cremer

Jan Cremer

Himself

Willem Nijholt

Willem Nijholt

Himself

Hans van Sweeden

Hans van Sweeden

Himself

Similar Movies

Kaos är granne med Gun

2020-08-20

Vice Versa: Chyna

2021-06-17

Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling with Life

1997-09-27

The Last Movie Painter

2020-02-06

Signed: Lino Brocka

1987-10-01

Martin Ťapák

2017-01-01

Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring

1989-11-01

Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt

2024-04-01

ABBA: Against the Odds

2024-03-23

Elvis and the Girl from Vienna

2017-08-14

Zdravý nemocný Vlastimilený Brodský

1999-04-22

The King of Color

2025-12-12

Arne Sucksdorff: Uma Vida Documentando a Vida

2004-01-01

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

1998-02-04

Val

2021-07-23

Brad Pitt: More Than a Pretty Face

2022-10-09

Denzel Washington: A Model American

2022-10-15

Singing to the Gods: Mario Lanza

2005-01-01

Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…

2021-08-05

Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance

2021-10-21