The Vanishing (1988 film)

The Vanishing
Dutch film poster
Directed byGeorge Sluizer
Screenplay by
Based onThe Golden Egg
1984 novella
by Tim Krabbé
Produced by
  • Anne Lordon
  • George Sluizer
Starring
CinematographyToni Kuhn
Edited by
  • George Sluizer
  • Lin Friedman
Music byHenny Vrienten
Production
companies
  • Golden Egg Films
  • Ingrid Productions
  • MGS Film
Distributed byArgos Films
Release date
  • 27 October 1988 (1988-10-27) (Netherlands)
Running time
107 minutes
CountriesNetherlands
France
Languages
  • Dutch
  • French
  • English

The Vanishing (Dutch: Spoorloos, literally: "Traceless" or "Without a Trace") is a 1988 psychological thriller film directed by George Sluizer, adapted from the novella The Golden Egg (1984) by Tim Krabbé. It stars Gene Bervoets as a man who searches obsessively for his girlfriend following her disappearance at a rest area. The Vanishing was released on 27 October 1988, and received positive reviews. Sluizer remade the film in English in 1993.