| Szürkület | |
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| Directed by | György Fehér |
| Written by | György Fehér |
| Based on | It Happened in Broad Daylight by Friedrich Dürrenmatt |
| Produced by | György Fehér |
| Starring | János Derzsi |
| Cinematography | Gurbán Miklós |
| Edited by | Mária Czeilik |
| Music by | László Vidovszky |
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| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Hungary |
| Language | Hungarian |
Twilight (Hungarian: Szürkület) is a 1990 Hungarian crime film directed by György Fehér. Adapted by Fehér, it is a remake of the 1958 German film, It Happened in Broad Daylight, originally written by Swiss author Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
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 as Felügyelõ
- János Derzsi as K.
- Judit Pogány as Overállos nõ
Release and legacy
The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival 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 4K resolution by National Film Institute Hungary. Second Run released the film on Region B Blu-ray 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 East European Film Bulletin 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
- "Twilight". Arbelos Film Distribution. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- "Twilight". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- "The Quietus | News | György Fehér's Szürkület Screening!". The Quietus. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- "Second Run – Twilight". www.secondrundvd.com. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- "Twilight". Arbelos Film Distribution. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- "LE: Twilight – Blu-ray". Arbelos Films. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- "György Fehér's Twilight (Szürkület, 1990) – East European Film Bulletin". East European Film Bulletin –. 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2023-12-31.