The Cry of the Owl (2009) is based on Patricia Highsmith's 1962 book of the same name. The film is an American-British-Canadian-French-German co-production.
The Cry of the Owl (2009) is the third filming of the book after the French film adaptation The Cry of the Owl (1987) by Marijane Meaker and, also from 1987, a German TV adaptation titled Der Schrei der Eule (1987).