Dutch film- aka-
The Vanishing, this is the title of a 1988 film that led to an American remake in 1993 (also,
the vanishing-starring
Kiefer Sutherland).
The film is a simple story, told in a terrifying manner. A man and his girlfriend are separated at a truck stop and he spends the next three years trying to find her and also, find her abductor. Since the audience is watching both the man and the abductor as the story progresses, the tension is palpable.
In Dutch, with subtitles.
The actual translation of the phrase into English is without a trace.
(thanks to the noders who gave me this info).