The Vanishing
Who Has Seen This Woman?
Country
Production
Budget
$0
Revenue
$79 226
Director
Actors
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege, Gwen Eckhaus, Pierre Forget, Bernadette Le Saché, Tania Latarjet, Lucille Glenn, Roger Souza, Caroline Appéré
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
George Sluizer, Anne Lordon
Operator
Toni Kuhn
Composer
Henny Vrienten
Artist
Audition
Editing
Short description
Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation when they stop at a busy service station. Saskia is abducted in broad daylight and three years pass with no answers or closure surrounding her disappearance. Rex has nearly given up all hope when he suddenly begins receiving letters from her abductor.
What's left behind the scenes
- Tim Krabbe, the author of the source novel 'The Golden Egg' (1984) and the screenplay for George Sluizer's (1932-2014) film based on it, 'The Vanishing' (1988), based the plot on a newspaper article he once read about a tourist who disappeared after buying chewing gum at a gas station during a bus stop in France. Police searched for two days, but the woman was never found. Ten years later, Krabbe conducted his own investigation and discovered that the woman had been found alive and well the very next day, simply having gotten on the wrong bus after the stop. Krabbe even called her to thank her for the story.
- During filming, the money allocated for the cast and crew's meals ran out, and George Sluizer had to turn to representatives of the French criminal underworld for help. They lent him the money, but stated that the debt would have to be repaid, or he would face problems.
- In 1988, the film was submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film representing Denmark, but it was disqualified because it contained too much dialogue in French to qualify for the Danish submission.
- Director George Sluizer filmed an alternate ending in which Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu's character is caught by the police. However, this ending was never used or shown, as the director decided it diminished the impact of the previous scenes.
- Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu (1949-2010) employed somewhat unconventional methods when working with actors. He deliberately started a fight with Gene Bervoets shortly before filming the scene where their characters fight, to make Bervoets' anger appear as genuine and natural as possible, and in the scene where he gives drugs to Johanna ter Steege's character, he held her so tightly that she couldn't breathe, and she genuinely experienced a panic attack.
- Gene Bervoets was actually locked in a real coffin and the coffin was piled high with sandbags to prevent him from escaping, ensuring his attempts to save himself didn't appear contrived.
- Director George Sluizer shot an alternative ending to the film in which Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu's character is caught by the police. However, this ending was never used or shown, as the director decided it diminished the impact of the preceding scenes.
- In 1988, the film was submitted for the "Oscar" award in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category from the Netherlands, but it was disqualified, with the stated reason being that it contained too much dialogue in French.
- Tim Krabbé, author of the original novel 'The Golden Egg' (1984) and the screenplay for George Sluizer's (1932-2014) film adaptation 'The Vanishing' (1988), based the plot on a newspaper article he once read about a tourist who disappeared after buying chewing gum at a gas station during a bus stop in France. The police searched for two days, but the woman was never found. Ten years later, Krabbé conducted his own investigation and discovered that the woman had turned up alive and well the very next day; she had simply boarded the wrong bus after the stop. Krabbé even called her to thank her for the plot.
- During filming, the funds allocated for the cast and crew's catering ran out, and George Sluizer had to turn to representatives of the French underworld for help. They lent him the money but warned him that the debt must be repaid, otherwise he would have problems.
- Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu (1949-2010) used somewhat unconventional methods when working with the actors. He intentionally started a fight with Gene Bervoets shortly before filming a scene in which their characters fight, so that Bervoets' anger would look as sincere and natural as possible; and in the scene where he drugs Johanna ter Steege's character, he pressed her against him so tightly that she could not breathe and experienced a genuine panic attack.
- Gene Bervoets was actually locked in a real coffin, which was then piled with sandbags to ensure he could not escape and that his attempts to save himself did not look staged.
- Director George Sluizer filmed an alternative ending to the movie in which Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu's character is caught by the police. However, this ending was never used or even shown, as the director decided that it diminished the effect of the preceding scenes.
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