The Vanishing

Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.

Cast

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

as Raymond Lemorne

Gene Bervoets

as Rex Hofman

Johanna ter Steege

as Saskia Wagter

Gwen Eckhaus

as Lieneke

Pierre Forget

as Farmer Laurent

Bernadette Le Saché

as Simone Lemorne

Tania Latarjet

as Denise Lemorne

Lucille Glenn

as Gabrielle Lemorne

Roger Souza

as Manager (uncredited)

Caroline Appéré

as Cashier (uncredited)

Reviews

John Chard

Traceless. Spoorloos (AKA: The Vanishing) is directed by George Sluizer and Sluizer co-adapts the screenplay with Tim Krabbe from Krabbe’s own novella The Golden Egg. It stars Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege and Gwen Eckhaius. Music is by Hennie Vrienten and cinematog...

CRCulver

George Sluizer's 1988 film <i>Spoorloos</i> (The Vanishing) is the story of a murder and the search for the killer, but it's not a whodunit for the audience at any rate. Just after Saskia (Johanna ter Steege) disappears at a French rest stop while vacationing with her boyfriend Rex (Gene Bervoets), ...

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