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The Vanishing

1988, Mystery & thriller, 1h 46m

49 Reviews 10,000+ Ratings

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A clinical, maddening descent into the mind of a serial killer and a slowly unraveling hero, culminating with one of the scariest endings of all time. Read critic reviews

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Rex (Gene Bervoets) and Saskia (Johanna Ter Steege) are enjoying a biking holiday in France when, stopping at a gas station, Saskia disappears. Confounded, Rex searches everywhere, but to no avail. Three years later, he's still obsessed with finding her, pleading his case on television, putting up posters and ruining his new relationship in the process. Eventually an unassuming chemistry teacher, Raymond (Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu), approaches Rex, intimating that he knows what happened.

Cast & Crew

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Raymond Lemorne
Gene Bervoets
Gene Bervoets
Rex Hofman
Johanna ter Steege
Johanna ter Steege
Saskia Wagter
Gwen Eckhaus
Gwen Eckhaus
Lieneke
George Sluizer
George Sluizer
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Anne Gordon
Anne Gordon
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George Sluizer
George Sluizer
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