The Vanishing

Based on the story “The golden egg” by Tim Krabbe, “The vanishing” is an extraordinary and chilling study of obsession which investigates the edges of rationality and the destructive capacity of idealistic devotion.

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Credits

production company

Golden Egg Film

Ingrid Production

co-producer

Anne Lordon

George Sluizer

director

George Sluizer

Duration

01:44:00:00

Production places

Netherlands

Production dates

1988

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302156

Language

Dutch

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Adaptations

Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Kidnapping

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Netherlands

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Obsessive-compulsive neurosis

Foreign language films

Literature → Dutch literature - Film and video adaptations

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Netherlands, 1988

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