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.
- Status
- Released
Keywords
- suicide
- amsterdam, netherlands
- biography
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Top Cast
Jan Cremer as Himself
Willem Nijholt as Himself
Hans van Sweeden as Himself
Top Crew
Louis van Gasteren · Director
Joke Meerman · Producer
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