Turkish Delight (1973)
Turks Fruit
A real love story.
Gifted but hot-headed sculptor Eric has a stormy, erotic, and star-crossed romance with a beautiful young woman named Olga.
- Date of release
- 1973-02-22
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (222)
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Paul Verhoeven
Casting
- Monique van de Ven — Olga Stapels
- Rutger Hauer — Erik Vonk
- Tonny Huurdeman — Mrs Stapels
- Wim van den Brink — Stapels
- Hans Boskamp — Store manager
- Dolf de Vries — Dr Paul Kruithof
- Manfred de Graaf — Henny
- Dick Scheffer — Accountant
- Marjol Flore — Tineke Elffers
- Bert Dijkstra — Hospital official
- Bert André — Tourism board member
- Jon Bluming — Security agent
Interesting facts
- Based on: Turks Fruit
- Filmed in: Amsterdam
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 2. Including: Golden Calf for Best Feature Film
Turkish Delight is a 1973 Dutch erotic romantic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven from a screenplay by Gerard Soeteman, based on the 1969 novel Turks Fruit by Jan Wolkers. It is a love story of an artist and a young woman, and was the film debut of both of its stars, Rutger Hauer and Monique van de Ven.
Production
Filming locations included Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Bussum, Rotterdam and Zaandam in the Netherlands.
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