''Twilight'' ( Hungarian: ''Szürkület'') is a 1990 Hungarian

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directed by

György Fehér György Fehér (12 February 1939 – 15 July 2002) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His film ''Passion (1998 film), Szenvedély'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. He was also a pro ...

. Adapted by Fehér, it is a remake of the 1958 German film, ''

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'', originally written by Swiss author

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Summary

After discovering the murdered body of a young girl deep in a mountainous forest, a hardened homicide detective pushes himself to increasingly obsessive ends in his quest to catch the serial killer – known only as "The Giant" — responsible for the crime.

Cast

Péter Haumann Péter Haumann (17 May 1941 – 28 May 2022) was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1962. Selected filmography References External links

* 1941 births 2022 deaths Hungarian male film actors Male ...

as Felügyelõ *

János Derzsi János Derzsi (born 20 April 1954 in Nyírábrány) is a Hungarian actor. He has appeared in more than eighty films since 1979. He is probably best known for his collaborations with director Béla Tarr, having appeared in six of Tarr's films betwee ...

as K. *

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as Overállos nõ

Release and legacy

The film premiered at the

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in 1990, where it won the Bronze Leopard for Milós Gurbán's camerawork. It was screened in the United Kingdom for the first time in 2012. After being unavailable for many years, it was restored in

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. Second Run released the film on Region B

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in 2023, using this restoration. Theatrical distribution in the United States was by Arbelos Films. Arbelos announced a Blu-ray release for late winter of 2024.

Critical reception

Zoe Aiano in a review for the ''

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'' wrote that "Despite its imperfections, ''Twilight'' is a masterpiece of world-building and tone that draws you in with its ominous allusions and the archetypal but effective use of remote village tropes to play on our darkest fears."

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Szurkulet Hungarian crime films 1990 films Remakes of German films Serial killer films Films based on works by Friedrich Dürrenmatt