Szürkület
| 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.[1]
Cast
- Péter Haumann as Felügyelõ
- János Derzsi as K.
- Judit Pogány as Overállos nõ
Release and legacy
The film premiered at the 43rd Locarno Film Festival in August 1990, where it won the Bronze Leopard for Milós Gurbán's camerawork.[2] It was screened in the United Kingdom for the first time in 2012.[3] 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.[4] Theatrical distribution in the United States was by Arbelos Films.[5] Arbelos announced a Blu-ray release for late winter of 2024.[6]
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."[7]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of 15 critics' reviews are positive.[8] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[9]
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.
- ^ "Twilight (1990) | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
- ^ "Twilight Reviews". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved 2025-10-22.