Film based on the novel The golden egg by Tim Krabbé.

Title and credits from title screens.

Special features of this DVD: new widescreen digital transfer; original theatrical trailer; new and improved English subtitle translation; dual-layer ed.

This is the original version (as opposed to the Hollywood remake) of Sluizer's masterpiece and is regarded as one of the best suspense thrillers ever made.

Originally released by Tara Distribution, 1988.

Photography, Toni Kuhn ; art director, Santiago Isidro Pin ; editor, George Sluizer & Lin Friedman ; music, Henry Vrienten

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege, Gwen Eckhaus, Bernadette le Sache, Tania Latarjet, Lucille Glenn.

"A young man begins an obsessive search for his girlfriend after she mysteriously disappears during their sunny vacation getaway. His three-year investigation draws the attention of her abductor, a seemingly mild-mannered professor who, in truth, harbors a diabolically clinical and calculating mind. When the kidnapper contacts the man and promises to reveal his lover's fate, the film unfolds with intense precision, culminating in a genuinely chilling finale that has unnerved audiences around the world." --container.

Not rated.

DVD.

Dialogue in Dutch and French ; subtitled in English.